Standards document 31 (V156) lists 8 ATOs approved for both Advanced UPRT and UPRT instructor training. What I don't know is if all UPRT instructor trainers have passed an AoC for the privilege, given that some were given the privilege without an AoC originally. If not will they have to pass an AoC at some stage?
Advanced UPRT is intended to be a prerequisite to a type rating on transport aircraft or high performance complex aircraft types. Yet a UPRT instructor can hold a PPL and have no experience of aircraft types beyond SEP. Without a chain of standardization from the CAA downwards, I feel there is a danger of inappropriate instruction going uncorrected.
To quote GMC1 FCL.745.A
Note: Instructors should be aware that the safety and potential human factor implications of poor upset recovery instructional technique or misleading information are more significant than in any other areas of pilot training.
Last edited by Rivet gun; 2nd Jun 2021 at 08:26.