I met Pia at Cessna when she lived in Kansas and respect her as a writer and CFI.
I try a different approach. In the preflight I introduce the student to angle of attack and then describe what happens to the wing as you slow down or increase gross weight for a given airspeed. Then go further to describe that if you decrease the angle of attack, "lower the nose", then the wing will start flying again. (Assuming that the aircraft is in an upright attitude.) At this point the light seems to go on in the students head with an Ah Ha moment.
The other demonstration technique is the sneak up on a stall in slow flight. While describing the approach to a stall with an approximate 5 knot margin with the stall warning horn and the the first gentle buffet. Relax the back pressure and the point out to the student that they just experienced their first stall.
Fly Safe,
Charles Lloyd
I installed an Alpha Systems AOA in my Skylane 5+ years ago. Approaches are more uniform and touchdown points are more consistent. The system has a head up display mounted on the glare shield at the right side of your line of vision looking straight ahead. There is a audio piped into the headset that let you know when you are on target speed and another for impending stall.
With training you should be able to fly safer and stay away from the turn to final stall.
Steph nothing will happen is no one decides to take action. The FAA has made it simple to install the AOA systems. You do not ever need to apply for a field mod. Install the AOA system and make a logbook entry.
Fly Safe,
Charles
