Serious question so a detailed answer.
The test date was in October 2006 so perhaps I will need another UK IR test in the not too distant future.
A UK/JAR ATPL renewal. My IR had lapsed for a number of years but not the five year doomsday scenario.
I did it down at Hurn with Mike B in his little twin simulator. They're nasty little things, whiggle all over the place.
Did limited panel spiral dive and stall recovery. Mike and in his turn, the examiner, put the sim into the attitude and expected identification and recovery with minimum loss of height and airspeed stability accordingly. Never had to do this in the real machine in the airline environment and would love to know if it is mandatory because if it is not, I would have no intention of doing it again. The examiner was very forgiving and obviously thought that the requirement was, shall I say, a trifle bizarre.
