EASA yesterday issued their Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) covering aeroplane Loss of Control In-flight (LOCI). On-aircraft Upset and Prevention Recovery Training (UPRT) will be made mandatory for new ATPL(A)s but not new CPLs.
One of many items of interest is the training required to be a UPRT instructor.
"FCL.915 General prerequisites and requirements for instructors
(e) Upset recovery instructor training course in an aeroplane.
(1) In addition to (b), in the case of flight instruction privileges for the upset recovery training course in FCL.745.A, the instructor shall:
(i)
have completed an upset recovery instructor training course at an ATO; (
defined elsewhere as being 5 hours of theoretical training and three hours of on-aircraft training)
(ii)
have at least 500 hours of flight time as a pilot on aeroplanes, including 200 hours of flight instruction; and
(iii)
hold an aerobatic rating.
(2) The training course shall include the
assessment of the instructor’s competence"
So an instructor who has received a total of three hours on-aircraft upset recovery training would be allowed to enter a training course that would enable him or her to train ATPL(A) students in the skills, knowledge and expertise required for UPRT.
Is that an appropriate requirement? How much training would be appropriate to get a minimum entry requirement individual to an appropriate standard?
The document is here:
https://easa.europa.eu/document-libr...nt/npa-2015-13