[psunavy03]

Technically, power-on stalls are supposed to teach how to recover from bad technique on takeoff/go-around and power-off stalls are supposed to teach how to recover from bad technique in the landing pattern.

In reality, they're both training-wheels versions of how to deal with any departure from controlled flight, which is why any professional pilot worth their salt should have a decent grounding in aerobatics and some spin/departure/out-of-control flight experience.

-Am (or at least was) a pilot . . . I could jump in and fly a bugsmasher today if I really needed to, just not legally without a doc visit and a checkride.