Upset Prevention and Recovery Training

Upset prevention and recovery training requirements for all European airlines and commercial business jet pilots are being developed by the European Aviation Safety Agency with an effective date of May 2016. The new mandate, aimed at better preparing pilots to handle loss of control events potentially leading to accidents, are based on ICAO standards and recommended practices, as well as procedures being developed by the EASA in consultation with leading industry experts. Agency officials said that although loss-of-control events are rare, 97 percent of them over the past five years have caused fatal accidents.