Have been around aviation my entire adult life. I know of one instance where letting go of the controls saved one student pilot who inadvertantly had gotten into a spin while practicing slow flight in a cessna 172. As a student pilot just getting ready for his airman check ride, he had not had spin training, only spoke of spinning and recovery, but one thing the instructor had told this student, "if you get into trouble, chop the throttle and take hands and feet off controls". Well, this student did this and the Cessna recovered. I am a believer in teaching pilots how to fly including spinning. I have never been to a glider operation that did not required students to be proficient at spins.


On Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 4:01:06 AM UTC-7, Bruce Hoult wrote:
On Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 5:03:27 PM UTC+13, wrote:
Oh wow! You are an amazing instructor! This is great!

My big question was of the other pilot threw up in his hands? What kind of pilot does that? Is this a joke?

1) those saying "You have control"
2) those saying "Insha Allah" (subset of the above, God is the copilot)