You list some great discussion points.

Figure eights is something that helped me, however I chose to do them on my own and was not actually instructed so much to do them. It may have been mentioned, but that was about it. It is hard to blame my instructors for my weak areas because it was hard to even get anyone to help me.

I realize folks have lives and teaching someone to fly can take time and no one really trains the instructors on good techniques. So you learn what you learn. I am grateful for the instruction I had, yet it took many hours of research, practice, and observation of other flyers to figure things out and learn solid flying and I still have a long ways to go. Many of my issues could have been avoided had I been told certain things.

I find that some of the points you made are simply missing today from instruction by numerous instructors at most fields you go to, whether it be because of time pressure, scheduling, instructor not really interested in teaching, etc. You can tell as you watch the folks fly and it reflects in damaged aircraft, lost enjoyment, and so on. I have counted many planes that could have been saved if only a decent landing approach was maintained. This is discouraging if you ask me.

I am astounded at the folks that have been flying for years and years that cannot make a right hand approach to landing, or at least don't chose to because it is more difficult for them. Rudder control seems a lost art in many cases. I do find that the more experienced have decent skills with rudder, not necesarrily over the top, but decent.

I don't think a lot of instructors enforce the level of practice needed per student to refine some of these skill sets. Most of the time as soon as the student solos, it is "see ya, you got it now" and that is that. I was glad to read your regiment as it appears that you would have a very good foundation for your RC pilots to grow from.

Hopefully more will see the importance of a good foundation. If nothing else, you may have saved a plane, which saves financially, or saved from a bad accident in the future which may save both financially and potentially bodily harm depending on the situation.

Another thought to consider is how many instructors realize that most of their students will reflect their instruction? Granted this don't hold true for all students, however a higher percentage falls into this catagory. That alone should make us think about it more and have strong instruction plan in place.