New intsrument rating PTS

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"Cecil Chapman" wrote:

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
Many old requirements have been eliminated: steep turns, stalls, unusual
attitude recoveries, etc.

Sounds good, for the most part, though I would question the elimination of
the unusual attitude recoveries (though I must say that it never gave me any
trouble for either the Private or Instrument training/checkride - so maybe
that is what the Feds are thinking,,, most people have no trouble with it
when tested so why have it'?' may be their rationale).

Will be kind of curious to hear the take of the CFII's (like yourself) in
this newsgroup on this new change.



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I agree. I don't see much point in the stalls and steep turns, but the
unusual attitude recoveries seem quite relevant. Most of us are flying
behind the same vacuum gyros that have been in planes for decades. If
you don't catch a failure quick enough, you'll be in a U/A and it would
be nice to be able to fix the problem.

In many ways, the new navigation systems (i.e. GPS with fancy flight
plan features) reduce workload, but they also have the capability to
increase it when having to do things like program in-flight reroutes or
diversions. That's a lot of time diverted from watching the gyros and
thus the potential for a U/A developing. And, of course, runaway or
mis-programmed autopilots have the potential to put you in an U/A too.