The Patriots Jet Team Upset Prevention and Recovery Training

Consistently, over the past 50 years of statistically analyzed accident history in commercial aviation, Loss of Control In-Flight (LOC-I) is indisputably the leading cause of aircraft-related fatalities worldwide. Regrettably, current pilot training curricula, standards and certification requirements perpetuate this pilot-skill deficiency.

Using simulators for UPRT falls short of preparing a crew to properly recover from a real life upset in a corporate jet. Simulators just cannot replicate what the crew will physically experience during a real life upset encounter.

Many Upset Prevention & Recovery Training Courses use small aerobatic aircraft that really don’t perform or recover like a corporate jet. Corporate Jets have a much greater mass and much slower roll/pitch rates than light prop driven aerobatic airplanes. Here at the Patriots Jet Center we use two types of jet aircraft – The AV L-39 and the North American Sabreliner-60.

The Patriots Jet Team UPRT program is FAA approved and in full compliance with FAA AC 120-111 on Upset Prevention and Recovery Training, Airplane Upset Recovery Training Aid (AURTA), FAA AC 120-109A on Stall and Stick Pusher Training, ICAO Manual on Aeroplane Upset Prevention and Recovery Training, and IATA Guidance Material and Best Practices for the Implementation of Upset Prevention and Recovery Training.