To reinforce what Ian just said. Perhaps we ought to
consider the consequences of not training full spin
recovery. When someone who has not been so trained
has the ground do the spin recovery for them, their
estate will sue the training organisation for negligence
in not training to recover from a mode of flight which
is well known to be fatal if not correctly recovered
from.

Also, you might consider that the reason large numbers
of pilots of high performance sailplanes are not hitting
the ground spinning is precisely because they have
had spin avoidance and recovery training.

There is no doubt that more instructiors have been killed
in spins in the Puchacz than any other glider. One of the
reasons for these fatalities may be based on some as yet
unproven spin anomaly with the Puch. However there should
be little doubt that a good portion of these fatalities are
a result of the instructors having overconfidence in their
and the glider's ability to safely do low level spins. For
those who feel spins are a necessary part of flight training,
at least have the common sense to do it with plenty of altitude
and use a hard deck altitude of at least 2000 feet so that
you and your student have the ability to bail out.

For those who insist that spins at altitude fail to put the
proper fear of God into the student, and for those who think
it is just much more convenient to do spins off of winch launches,
aren't you being negligent if you fail to at least inform the
student of the spin accident history of the Puch, as well as
letting them know that the parachute you are requiring them
to wear will be of no use, if the spin recovery is not successful?

M. Eiler