Who decided he was right anyway? Why are his (and others) guides and manuals the ones that everyone else works from?
Exactly-work from your own syllabus but at least Mr Pratt includes the Collision Avoidance Turn
Having just spoken with him, the author agrees that HASELL checks before academic steep turns are unnecessary
Ah Beagle, your a Psychic Medium too but please give my regards to Alan & Neville when you speak to them next! Oh and remember JP had 5 instructor technical advisers too so no doubt you will be speaking to them also!
At the end of the day you are either an 'under trainer' or an 'over trainer'. In my experience few instructors actually instruct to any rigid syllabus anyway, they seem to make it up as they go along so making a safety check before a steep turn is the least of our worries.