Yes, it is a rating post PPL. As Cobalt says, EASA have brought in this stupid 40 hours requirement which is being challenged.
It is a shame more people don’t get access to some Aeros. There is no need to do all the extreme stuff, but having experienced and being confident to deal with unusual attitude recoveries, and incipient / fully developed spinning is a huge pilot confidence builder. During revalidations etc. I find a lot of people aren’t even comfortable with holding the aircraft in a fully developed stall beyond the initial symptoms.
This manoeuvre used to be part of ab initio training for steep approaches back, well back, in the day. Hard wiring wannabes for stabilised approaches with flaps hadn’t yet entered the curriculum.
Loss of control being a hot topic, the NBAA Single pilot Working Group produced this video.
