Another example of the regulatory flight standards folk not reading the certification design standards ...
Sounds very ominous John. What specifically are you referring to? I would have thought that the C152 is certified to recover from a spin no matter how grossly mishandled it is at entry, provided of course the recovery technique is correct.
On GYPO's original topic, I wonder how popular the 152 would be if people actually tried to operate within MTOW? Rugged it certainly is, but then every other trainer is built to have a practical payload of more than 1.5 standard adults...