I think you guys are being a bit harsh. Precisely what Dadanawa is doing will equip him well for visual circling. CS, you had better work out your expected turn radius beforehand: too close and you could well stall the thing. One can do quite a lot of preparation before doing a base turn, so that the event itself is easy, despite ugly weather. Simply saying "pull/Push" if you don't know what you're doing is going to end in tears.
I will repeat my rider: this is not for LNAV/VNAV use. But arming oneself beforehand is good value IMO. PPPPPP.