Originally Posted by
Cenus_
Interesting... at the end of my second lesson on stall recovery my instructor demonstrated two spins. Is this reckless without the precautions mentioned above? It seemed almost routine at the time.
In my opinion, yes.
Whilst demonstrating them to PPL students is reasonable, I don't personally think that spins
need to be in the PPL syllabus (I do think they should be in the CPL syllabus, although they aren't), but the fact remains that aeroplanes can bite in the spin. There is suffient accident data to show that types which have spun 10,000+ times satisfactorily can then find an odd mode and spin into the ground. The odds of this happening are tiny, but they are not close enough to zero to justify ignoring such fundamental safety precautions.
I'll admit I've done this, which I'm arguing against, several times - always however when I had to finish a bit of training and the school in question didn't have the facility. I have not, and will not, ever do(ne) this as captain. I'll also avoid doing it with somebody else as captain wherever I reasonably can.
Two people I know, both instructors, have found themselves in an unrecoverable spin. One was in a Bulldog and wearing a parachute - he's still fine thanks. The other was in a T67 and not wearing a parachute; he should have been.
G