Originally Posted by
Step Turn
I've never need to, why start now?
You could say the same about any form of emergency training.
You hope you'll never need to do it in anger, but it's reassuring to know you have an additional skill if the worst happens. It's as much about confidence as ability.
There's a trade off between the additional risk of training, and the potential benefit of this training in an emergency situation.
Many aircraft have been lost in training accidents, and I think the balance is shifting. I suspect a PPL course today would be more oriented toward safety than when I learned to fly in the '80's.