wildnloose,

Whether you disagree or agree isn't really the point since you are currently flying the plane. But I do think you are attributing your success on reduced control throws when by your own admission you state that you could perform almost any meneaver with your trainer before moving on. This fact alone I believe is most likely the reason for your success congratulations most people don't seem to do that any more its on to plane number 2 before master plane 1 and so on and so forth