Loss of control–inflight (LOC-I) is one of the three most common types of accidents and is, by far, the deadliest. The Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents, Worldwide Operations, 1959-2013, published in September by Boeing Commercial Airplanes and detailed in “DataLink” on p. 45, indicates that 16 LOC–I accidents resulted in 1,526 on-board fatalities and 50 external fatalities from 2004 through 2013.
Upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT), a frequent topic of articles in AeroSafety World and in other industry publications, is widely seen as a primary method of preventing or mitigating LOC-I occurrences. UPRT has been the subject of extensive study, and some debate, over the past several years, and new international regulations and comprehensive guidance documents recently were promulgated.
Some of the most comprehensive and thoughtful work on all aspects of UPRT — whether enhancing the realism of flight simulation training …
