Originally Posted by
megan
No sitting on hands with the UA1175 777 engine failure, roll control was such that the Captain very briefly considered completing the 360° roll to get back to level flight, unable to maintain altitude he just made it into Honolulu, a ditching would have been necessary had the failure occurred earlier, perhaps a few moon landings may not be a bad idea.
Point taken. If it can go wrong, it will.
10 hours in a Pitts as part of the CPL syllabus would be a worthwhile addition, even if it means cutting out some of the cross country or other easy stuff.
The Captain's prior experience in aeros went a long way to saving what would have been unrecoverable for some pilots.
Upset recovery now features large in new simulator programs, but of course doesn't replicate actually hanging upside down like a fruitbat.