Seattle UPRT is an on-airplane Upset Prevention and Recovery Training provider based at Seattle's Boeing Field (KBFI). Led by a passionate, lifelong aviator, Seattle UPRT exists to save pilots lives through upset prevention and recovery training from Loss of Control-Inflight (LOC-I). Designed for pilots off all stripes, Seattle UPRT aims to bring stick and rudder skills back to flying, along with a complete understanding of aerodynamics, angle of attack, stalls, spins, plus prevention of and recovery from unplanned upsets.

The statistics associated with LOC-I are as alarming as they are preventable. In recent years, LOC-I is the single most responsible cause of fatal accidents around the world. While the aviation industry has largely defeated other causes of fatal accidents through human factors training such as Cockpit Resource Management (CRM), Safety Management Systems (SMS), and advances in cockpit automation such as Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS), Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning Systems (EGPWS), such automation has cast the final frontier of aviation safety into an outsized role: Loss of Control-Inflight (LOC-I).

According to the Aviation Safety Network and Flight Safety Foundation, 93 percent of LOC-I accidents result in hull losses, and 90 percent incur fatalities (2013-2017). Accidents such as AA587 (2001), Air France 447 (2009), Colgan Air 3407 (2009), Air Asia 8501 (2014), Atlas Air 3591 (2019) represent LOC-I events, claiming a combined 707 lives alone. In general aviation, every base-to-final stall/spin accident is a LOC-I event.

Seattle UPRT offers both one-day and two-day UPRT programs, spin training (and endorsement), and tailwheel instruction (and endorsement). Taught by a 50 Year FAA Master Aviator, our programs are designed to teach competence, which results in confidence - not just an endorsement.