Plain English Meaning

Recognition means noticing — quickly and correctly — that the airplane is about to stall, is stalling, or has entered a spin, by reading the warning signs the airplane gives you.

Full Definition

In stall and spin training, recognition is the pilot's ability to identify the early indications that an airplane is approaching, entering, or in a stall or spin, based on cues such as buffet, control feel, attitude, sound, stall warning activation, and yaw or roll behavior, so that timely corrective action can be taken.

Context Anchor

Seen in FAA training material when describing how a identifies such as an unusual , a , or another that requires action.