Originally Posted by
Coagie
DozzyWannabee, No, I don't know for sure, but last time I checked, years ago, not sure how many, the stall and recovery requirement for a PPL, was taken out, because the private aircraft industry, thought, if they made it easier, or less frightening, to become a private pilot, they'd be more private pilots to buy private aircraft, so they used their influence, to accomplish this change. I don't know what all countries may have changed, but I'm thinking of the US. Does anyone on the forum have current or more accurate info on this issue? Maybe it's the madness coming back?
At present, stalls are definitely still part of the U.S. PPL training syllabus - power off, power on and accelerated stalls must be logged/practiced in training, and demonstrated on the check ride.
You may be thinking of spin training, which was indeed eliminated from the U.S. PPL training regimen quite a few years ago.