It was partly in jest. However...
- The biggest killer if you plough through the GA safety stats is LoC at low level, usually in VMC. So the current concentration on stall avoidance is pretty sensible.
- CFIT is a relatively small killer, but still significant, and so I don't actually support the view that we should eliminate instrument training for PPLs - I think it does have value.
- There was, historically, a big dip in spin-related fatal accidents when it was eliminated from the UK PPL syllabus, for whatever reason.
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