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title: Questions When Selecting an Upset Recovery Training Provider
description: Questions to Ask a Prospective Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) Provider.
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# [Questions When Selecting an Upset Recovery Training Provider](https://blog.apstraining.com/resources/questions-when-selecting-an-upset-recovery-training-provider)

 Written by [APS Training](https://blog.apstraining.com/resources/author/apstraining) | Sep 19, 2012 4:00:00 PM

## Questions to Ask a Prospective Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) Provider

*Update: Get our updated [Buyer's Guide](https://apstraining.com/airsafety) with organized critical considerations for selecting a UPRT provider

### Can you please tell me about your company’s history in UPRT?

- Is UPRT the Provider's Primary Domain of Business
- Number of Pilots, with Experience Similar to You or Your Flight Department, has the Provider Trained in the Last Three Years
- Get Industry-relevant References and Call Them
- Safety Record (Investigate any Incidents and/or Accidents)

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### Can you please provide some details on your UPRT program?

- Written Syllabus (preferably Part 141 in US)
- Confirm a Building Block Approach to Training
- Program Must Include Awareness, Prevention and Recovery
- Airplane Upset Recovery Training Aid – Revision 2 Compliant
- Delivered in Relation to the LOC-I Threat Distribution
- Vetted by Industry. If so, how?
- UPRT is NOT Aerobatics: Ask for an explanation why and the answer needs to make sense.

### <https://blog.apstraining.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Eric-Guard-Nedergaard-APS-1.jpg>

### Can you please provide more in depth information about your UPRT instructors?

- Investigate the Extent of All-Attitude All-Envelope Experience of Each Instructor (Amount of Hour, In What Domain (military, aerobatics, UPRT), How Recently)
- Standardized (to what, by whom) and Quality Assured (How)
- Corporate and/or Commercial Operational Experience
- Extensive Instructional Experience in Complex Concepts in Simple Terms

### What training platforms do you use for UPRT and Why?

- Preparatory Ground Training and Lectures: e-Learning, Tablet, Instructor-led
- On-Aircraft: Aerobatic-certified or Equivalent (Investigate Level of Maintenance)
- Ground-based and/or In-Flight Simulators: All UPRT Conducted within a Certified Fidelity Envelope and Does/Can this Transfer to You or Your Department’s Operations

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