Stall training in light singles
Don't know about UK SOP, but in Australia it is traditional to complete practice stall recoveries by a minimum of 3000ft AGL. This means clawing the typical C150/Jabiru or Warrior to around 3500 ft - an expensive long winded exercise dual or solo especially in summer temperatures.
Apart from it being a useful money spinner, why do flying school operators persist with this policy? Stalling is not considered an aerobatic manoeuvre (recoverable by 3000 ft agl), therefore it cannot be justified by that argument. One design purpose of these small trainers is to ensure that their stalling characteristics are benign - in fact even with gross mis-handling a student will seldom lose less than 200 ft on recovery. After a couple of practices, most students can recover safely within 100 ft height loss. If not - get another instructor..
Surely minimum stall recovery height depends primarily on aircraft type stall characteristics. It seems ridiculous to climb to 3500 to stall aircraft at a mere 45 knots with a height loss of 100ft. If there is a Regulation (never heard of one in my area)that nominates recovery by 3000 ft then surely it would be commonsense to apply for a concession dependant on aircraft type.
Is recovery by 3000 agl just another long standing myth perpetrated to add hours to instructors log books and flying school bank balances? Or is there a good reason that would stand up to intelligent and informed analysis?