(Acf):Similarly, I believe that even for the best stick'n rudder ace with lots of controlled stall/spin/spiral dive recoveries under his belt chances are that an inadvertent and surprising stall/spin will result in a startled "WTF?!? " and a wrong "panic" reaction, at least initially.
(foxmoth):Well I have entered stalls and had incipient spins unexpectedly with both myself and students handling, these have mainly been during aeros, and it was not WTF and panic reaction, but instinctive recovery,
then WTF, this is what the training and experience gives you, plus the ability after the WTF to work out what happened and why.
Granted, but a momentary upset/stall/spin during aerobatics at sufficient altitude, with you being completely geared up in aerobatic/UA mode and "in the loop" (in addition to your ample training and experience) IMHO hardly compares to a supposedly uneventful maneuver at pattern altitude with attention distracted from properly handling the plane and watching attitude and airspeed (for whatever reason) when suddenly the houses start rushing at you, not only turning wildly but looking really big from the outset (and that's the kind of
-WTF I was referring to).