Originally Posted by
UnderOveur
Another question comes to mind, related to the OP...
When do you begin having such conversations with students?
Don't wanna scare 'em off, but I think most here would agree they need to know this stuff.
Not on the disco flight, but most certainly before solo. Probably wait until they have developed some basic comfort with stick and rudder flying.
The three things which will kill a PPL the fastest, in inverse order of the likely-hood of recovery:
1) Mid-air
2) Slow base-to-final turn
3) VFR into IMC
I emphasize these throughout training, and needless to say there are plenty of NTSB reports to help make the point.