Originally Posted by CL65driver
Yep.. not required here as of.. hmm, what year was that? It was a while back. They should reinstate them. Especially at the PPL level!
The FAA found out that statistically, more CFIs & Students were getting killed doing spin training than private pilots doing inadvertent spins. So it was discontinued.
They could probably bring it back, maybe by requiring that senior (2 year) CFI's perform the training.