Flight Instructor for Airplane Category › V. Preflight Procedures › Task B. Flight Deck Management

AI.V.B.R3

Risk management

Passenger distractions.

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Aviation Instructor's Handbook p. 1-27
Chapter 1: Risk Management and Single-Pilot Resource Management › Teaching Decision-Making Skills
overall flight. For example, on a cross-country flight, the learner is presented with a realistic distraction, perhaps the illness of a passenger. This forces a diversion to an alternate for which the learner has not planned. The new destination…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 14-30
Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Collision Avoidance › Scanning Techniques for Traffic Avoidance
scanning process. These limitations may include: • Reduced scan frequency due to concentration on flight instruments or tablets and distraction with passengers. • Blind spots related to high-wing and low-wing aircraft in addition to windshield posts and sun visors. Prevailing…
Aviation Instructor's Handbook p. 1-26
Chapter 1: Risk Management and Single-Pilot Resource Management › Use of Resources › Workload Management
example, locating an item on a chart or setting a radio frequency may be delegated to another pilot or passenger, an autopilot (if available) may be used, or ATC may be enlisted to provide assistance. Figure 1-14. Accidents often ... idealized example, the margin of safety is minimal during the approach and landing. At this point, an emergency or distraction could overtax pilot capabilities, causing an accident…
Aviation Instructor's Handbook p. 9-10
Chapter 9: Techniques of Flight Instruction › Use of Distractions
following are examples of distractions that can be used for this training: ⦁ Drop a pencil. Ask the learner to pick it up. ⦁ Ask the learner to determine a heading to an airport using a chart. ⦁ Ask the learner to reset ... pilot in command (PIC) must know when to tell any passengers, even a Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE), when the PIC finds actions in the aircraft that distract and interfere with the safe conduct of the flight…
Aeronautical Information Manual p. 4-4-12
Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 4. ATC Clearances and Aircraft Separation › 4-4-15. Use of Visual Clearing Procedures and Scanning Techniques
process. These limitations may include: (a) Reduced scan frequency due to concentration on flight instruments or tablets and distraction with passengers. (b) Blind spots related to high-wing and low-wing aircraft in addition to windshield posts and sun visors…
Instrument Procedures Handbook p. 3-10
Chapter 3: Arrivals › Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT)
company required calls made for such purposes as ordering galley supplies and confirming passenger connections, announcements made to passengers promoting the air carrier or pointing out sights of interest, and filling out company payroll and related records are not required ... engage in, nor may any pilot in command permit, any activity during a critical phase of flight that could distract any flight crewmember from the performance of his or her duties or which could interfere in any way with…