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Risk managementConfirmation or expectation bias as related to taxi instructions.
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- Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-16. RNAV and RNP Operations
During system initialization, pilots of aircraft equipped with a Flight Management System or other RNAV-certified system, must confirm that the navigation database is current, and verify that the aircraft position has been entered correctly. Flight crews should crosscheck ... other applicable resources, as well as the navigation system textual display and the aircraft map display. This process includes confirmation of the waypoints sequence, reasonableness of track angles and distances, any altitude or speed constraints, and identification…
- Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 3. En Route Procedures › 5-3-2. Position Reporting
repeated to the pilot when handed off to another controller. At times, the aircraft identity will be confirmed by the receiving controller; however, this should not be construed to mean that radar contact has been lost. The identity of transponder ... equipped aircraft will be confirmed by asking the pilot to “ident,” “squawk standby,” or to change codes. Aircraft without transponders will be advised of their position to confirm identity. In this case, the pilot is expected to advise the controller…
- Chapter 2. Aeronautical Lighting and Other Airport Visual Aids › Section 1. Airport Lighting Aids › 2-1-6. Runway Status Light (RWSL) System
clarification of the taxi or takeoff clearance. 3. Never cross over illuminated red lights. Under normal circumstances, RWSL will confirm the pilot’s taxi or takeoff clearance previously issued by ATC. If RWSL indicates that it is unsafe to takeoff ... from, land on, cross, or enter a runway, immediately notify ATC of the conflict and re-confirm the clearance. 4. Do not proceed when lights have extinguished without an ATC clearance. RWSL verifies an ATC clearance; it does not substitute…
- Chapter 6: Threat and Error Management › Causes of Errors › Psychological Effects
triggering an internal “uh-oh.” The phenomenon, not to be confused with expectation bias, has the slightly different name “confirmation bias.” The result of either, if uncorrected, may lead to an error. Either case results in the pilot continuing with ... perceived. Fatigue tends to stop pilots from taking extra steps to verify perceived reality and contributes to expectation and confirmation bias susceptibility. An incident at the San Francisco, California airport (KSFO) is another example involving expectation bias. The NTSB docket…
- Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Airport Lighting › Stop Bar Lights
Stop Bar Lights Stop bar lights, when installed, are used to confirm the ATC clearance to enter or cross the active runway in low visibility conditions (below 1,200 ft Runway Visual Range (RVR)). A stop bar consists…
- Chapter 4: Approaches › Communications
confusion in the flight deck is immediately cleared up by requesting ATC confirmation. • If any crewmember is off the flight deck, all ATC instructions are briefed upon his or her return. Or, if any crewmember is off the flight deck ... speakers, headsets, boom microphone, and/or hand-held microphone. • SOPs should state the altitude awareness company policy on confirming assigned altitude. Example: The PM acknowledges ATC altitude clearance. If the aircraft is on the autopilot, then the PF makes input into…