Hey, controversy fans, whaddya think?
Proposition 1: Any instructor who is not proficient and confident in spin recovery should not be allowed to fly as P1 with (a) any pre-licence student or (b) any student at all.
Discuss.
Proposition 2: Any instructor who does not brief their PPL student in advance about what happens during steep turns, about the dangers/needs for caution incidental to steep turning, and about why this is significant to everyday flying, should, at the least, be taken behind the hangar by the CFI and given a polite, friendly, caring, sharing, mentoring, right good kicking.
Discuss.
PS: Aerofoil: whether or not you presently have any interest in aerobatics, if you get the chance, pre or post PPL, to have a trip with a spinning/aeros instructor, you could perhaps explore further pulling to the buffet, in the manner mentioned by Mr Winterland, and feeling the effects of the g. If you find that informative, you might then ask the instructor to show you a spin and recovery, and maybe let you try one or two yourself.
PPS: I agree with everything said by Flyin Dutch in the posting below.
Last edited by FNG; 11th December 2003 at 01:45.