Originally Posted by
Cubdriver
My take on it is the same but I would add that I think they are safe enough if you are current in doing spins in a 172 or similar. But you should ask yourself before doing them, how long it has been since you did this last. And if it is more than a few months you should probably get a short flight & ground school with an acro pilot. Active CFIs should do a few spins every so many weeks just for practice, alone or with a CFI, but not with a student.
Call me crazy but I think that real upset training and tailwheel should
maybe be part of CFI requirements (as well as actual IMC for CFII). Spin training that CFIs get is generally (not always) sub par. They just go up do a couple 1 turners and get the pen stroke and all of the sudden they are "proficient" in spins.