Spins were a requirement back in the pre-1960 period [the
exact date can be looked up] and the training and testing
resulted in several fatal accidents. The FAA dropped the
requirement and for a time even dropped full stalls. They
do require spin training but not a high degree of skill for
CFI applicants. Many schools and FBOs do not want their
planes spun due to damage to instruments/gyros.

The FAA did a similar thing with Vmc demonstrations and
testing. The procedures were being read as do Vmc demos at
very low altitude and they even has a single-engine stall in
the testing procedures for a multiengine check-ride. That
was one of the reasons the Feds will not act as PIC during a
flight test, they got sued.



--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Vaughn Simon" wrote in
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| A spin endorsement? After getting your PPL? Fill me in,
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| An endorsement for spin training is required for CFI.
Could it have been
| concurrent training for Commercial and CFI?
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