Basically, I agree with you. I don't think the positions that far away from each other either, its just difficult to form thoughts accurately in text on a discussion board. No, nothing is automatic, happening all the time as a certain results if you do something wrong, though the probability is high enough to warrant a warning in the pilot's little book.
OTOH I believe Pilot's instructions report a plane's characteristics faithfully. I guess we can agree on this.
