Personally I agree that while most stall spin accidents happen too low to recover, it is important to have done them to reduce the fear of the unknown.
I don't even think it's so much "fear of the unknown" but being initially overwhelmed if you inadvertently get into something you don't recognize. I'll say that during my CFI spin training, the first spin we did, I was definitely temporarily disoriented during the first spin. If that happens the first time down low, without someone to walk you through what's going on, it's going to be bad.Personally I agree that while most stall spin accidents happen too low to recover, it is important to have done them to reduce the fear of the unknown.
This is my stance as well.one approach to safety is to prevent a hazard from happening
another approach to safety is to reduce the consequence(s) if a hazard occurs.
both approaches are quite valid.
, but nothing that ever really gave me the confidence to know where the "edge" is during extreme handling situations, like avoiding an impending mid-air collision (in the almost always avoidable case of one or more pilots simply doing VERY careless things that placed them in that situation). One never knows what one will be dealt, and knowing how an aircraft will behave during emergency maneuvers and what is and isn't possible, at least in my opinion, should be more integrated into routine flight instruction.