Accidents
Bizav Needs More Focus on Upset Recovery Training, Say Experts
Expert claims bizav pilots now have little experience of high altitude hand flying.

Business aviation needs “to focus on high-altitude stalls” in upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT), due to the effect reduced air density has on aircraft performance and aerodynamics, according to John Cox, CEO of Safety Operating Systems. Speaking at the Flight Safety Foundation’s Business Aviation Safety Summit in early May, he told delegates that the industry is not adequately addressing flight instability at high altitudes. He maintained that many pilots have no experience hand-flying aircraft at high altitudes due to RVSM mandates on using autopilots above FL290.