TO SPIN OR NOT TO SPIN !!!!!
Excellent posting, I think this will always be a favourite subject to trash around.
In my very limited opion with the stability of those Aero Club Pa28s, and Cessna 172, its really not required.
I started my aerobatic rating the day following my PPL to many years ago, but never really learnt the theory until becoming an aerobatic instructor years later. It became very apparent most aerobatic instructors had a pretty low level of both knowledge and aerobatic teaching ability, cannot get away from the military guys here, who do both very well !
What every Instructor SHOULD be well aware of is how to brief a student on..
WHAT A SPIN IS !
WHY IT HAPPENS !
AND HOW TO RECOVER !
..... a VERY good briefing, and abit of compitent demonstrating and practise can go along away.....
Is very easy for a student to pick up "hey my instructor does not like this.... is it safe"