A (practice) diversion because of physiological needs is all it takes to get student´s brains going.
That’s a good idea!
RobertL18C wrote:
while I enjoy the elegance of the concepts and the use of gates
I don’t think gates are taught outside the UK. I’ve taken IR training twice and never heard of it until I read the PPL/IR Europe instrument training manual.
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I thought an EASA CPL skills test is just a VFR flight, and the entire training is a dual flying VFR nav exercise. The EASA IR includes unusual attitude recovery (at least mine did in 2012).
You also get a couple of emergencies, not just the standard engine failure and glide approach.