Spin endorsement for CFI............

[Blackhawk]

If the numbers are like that, it's a major problem.

But even worse than the state of CFI spin training, it could mean one of two other things:

• CFIs who know that they have had minimal spin training and/or are not maintaining spin proficiency are taking students up and spinning with them.
• The FAA has been right all along in removing spin training as a requirement. Remember that it was based on similar statistics generated during a time when spin training was required and the pilot/CFI population presumably fare more proficient in them than now.

I think most of the accidents don't involve actual spin training but CFIs reacting poorly to incipient spins close to the ground.

 

[Mike H]

Not at all. But it's highly unlikely . How likely is it that a student pilot who has just soloed would be able to demonstrate CFI-level knowledge, proficiency and the ability to instruct others in landings?

"Possible?" Sure. There are indeed people who so naturally come to certain activities or to teaching that they could teach just about anything once they get even a small exposure to it. But that's a pretty small segment of the population.

And that's my point. A PPL student can get the spin endorsement, provided they meet the requirements. Nothing in the endorsement requires one to be a certificated pilot