[2] From 2010 to 2014, loss of control in-flight represented approximately 30% of fatalities in scheduled commercial air transport.
[6] In addition to teaching techniques to recover from unusual attitudes, UPRT is intended to provide initial experience of g-forces that could be encountered in a commercial aeroplane, from approximately -1g to 2.5g, and to help a pilot gain angle-of-attack awareness.
[7] One mnemonic for upset recovery is "UPRT": On noticing an unusual flight condition, the pilot should first reduce the thrust, and push forward on the yoke to unstall the aircraft.
Light aircraft should be recovered from unusual attitudes with minimum height loss, with the technique "power, roll, pitch".
The "power-pitch couple" in light aircraft is usually small, that is, the engine is positioned in line with the centre of gravity, so changes in power do not cause large changes in pitch.