Standard Spin Recovery
Whether or not anyone agrees with it or otherwise hates the fact, the 'Standard Spin Recovery' does exist. Ron Campbell within his 'Flying Training for the PPL, Instructor Manual', refers to it and explains it fully in the section on spinning. However as one would expect he emphasises the importance of the pilot being primarily guided by the actual Aircraft Manual.
He also notes that 'certain foreign manufactured aircraft whose spin recovery characteristics are different to those built and certificated in accordance with the British Civil Airworthiness Requirements, have been introduced into the UK'. He then continues, ' The flight Manuals or equivalent documents of these aircraft therefore outline spin recovery procedures which are different from that which has historically become known as the 'Standard Spin Recovery'.
For me, because the pilot can put themselves into a spin, particularly if poorly loaded and aided by in-appropiate handling, the Spinning exercise should still be taught. Any flying instructor should be able to teach the entry which will, as closely as is possible, replicate an accidental spin. Then, during the demonstration identify, with the student, the symptoms and the characteristics discovered during the spin and the correct subsequent recovery.
Whether the spin recovery taught is the 'Standard' or more specifically from the actual aircraft manual, this argument will never be resolved. But, bearing in mind the reluctance to spin by a very significant number of FIs these days there is a strong argument that supports teaching the standard spin recovery technique, on the basis that few will ever be taken through the more correct specific recoveries outlined in a particular aircraft type's manual, that is, of course, unless aerobatic instruction takes place.