I was referring to a “short approach”.... how that maneuver is explained or discussed in the cockpit is irrelevant. However, I would almost always utilize this as a power out scenario as I pulled the throttle to idle.

This dude is way to literal.

ATC only cares that you don’t bust their separation requirements.

They say short approach as “hurry up and get down cause I got traffic eating you up”

they don’t understand, or care, how you accomplish that.


a good CFI will take that as an opportunity to cut the power and take it right to the numbers as an engine out procedure

I agree, it's excellent to practice, in all conditions. All too often, when given an "engine failure", the person will automatically turn towards the center of the runway. Well, how do you land on a runway that is 800 feet directly below you now? It's not really possible and you don't just "automatically turn" toward if if you are thinking, you think about where you are and you manage your energy (altitude and airspeed) to end up at the beginning of your intended landing area. Of course, that takes time, but a good instructor will use opportunities for training, like shooting an instrument approach back to the airport at the end of each instrument lesson, even before the student has been fully exposed to instrument approaches.

It's too bad when pilots don't have confidence for these maneuvers because they've never been taught well...