The European Center for Advanced Inflight Recovery (ECAIR) is the first European center for pilot skills development and research relating to aircraft upset recovery and loss of control in flight (LOC-I).

The company was founded by Philippe Borghini, a former fighter pilot in the French Air Force and former ATPL Buzav Pilot .its headquartered is located at Bordeaux-Mérignac airport.

ECAIR instructors are highly experienced pilots in flight envelope exploration and upset recoveries. They are experimental test pilots with aeronautical engineers degrees or airline pilots with fighter pilot background.