My low hours tuppence worth.
Early on in my PPL, solo, I got into an inadvertant spiral dive. Instinctive reactions sorted it out, but if I'd used those same instinctive reactions in a spin, me and a Warrior would probably be at the bottom of a lake in Florida now.
Since I left my PA-28 days behind, I've done alot of spin recoveries - didn't like them at first, but you get used to it, and am very glad I've done even if I packed in aeros tomorrow.
I once heard an analogy for not teaching spins, roughly - "it's like not teaching your kids how to cross a big road, on the basis that you've told them they shouldn't play outside the block".
There's three ways it can go:
(a) You never have a spin.
(b) Your first spin is with an instructor.
(c) Your first spin is without an instructor.
Dunno about you, but (c) would scare the crap out of me.
Anyway, you're an R22 pilot, so this should be a walk in the park.
