Backpacker
I think we all accept that spin training was stopped due to more aircraft being lost practicing them than in real situations.
My own feeling is that banning spin training was a mistake! What should have been done is firstly raising the altitude for spin training and secondly only allowing spin training in specific aircraft with known good spin characteristics.
Do we have figures for aircraft loss in spiral dive training as because of the connection between the two and indeed the possible confusion between the two manouvres my view which may be old school is that both should be thoroughly taught to and experienced by student pilots.
Pace