Originally Posted by
spinex
<snip> Teaching attitude for speed is all very well as a teaching device, but imo is not to be slavishly adhered to once one has a degree of familiarity with placing said aerial device back on terra firma.
Indeed.
Except in the case in which you have to do a real short field landing.
Agreed re the ASI, too. Folks who want to do real short field landings would give up an ASI for an AOA indicator, any day.