Lets not even mention the BS way of teaching forced landings only down to 500' AGL!
Tankengine,
Perhaps we should. Fundamentally I agree with you, but there is a little matter of CASA, and the way "the rules" are now enforced.
For example, it was recently put to me, by an FOI, that an instructor (or any pilot) could not fly below 500', except for takeoff and landing, unless they had a low level rating, therefor they could not take forced landing instruction below 500' --- if you had an approved low level area. Or, of course, stress of weather.
Sadly, given our complex, convoluted and Oh! So inflexible rule book, the FOI is right, mostly the instructor is limited to a minimum of 500'.
Sadly,"compliance" takes precedence over the adequate teaching needed to produce a competent pilot.
Tootle pip!!
PS: If you have the unfortunate experience of instructors/CFIs with ideas/requirements/mandatory procedures that are outside the requirements of/contrary to the POH/AFM (in many aircraft the doc. called the POH is the AFM), just chant the magic incantation:
"CAR 138, 50 penalty points, strict liability, for strict liability see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code"