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• Aviation Instructor's Handbookp. 3-33
  Chapter 3: The Learning Process › Kinds of Errors › Slip

  Errors Errors are a natural part of human performance. Beginners, as well as the most highly skilled experts, are vulnerable to error, and this is perhaps the most important thing to understand about error. To believe people can eliminate errors ... from their performance is to commit the biggest error of all. Instructors and learners alike should be prepared for occasional errors by learning about common kinds of errors, how errors can be minimized, how to learn from errors…

• Aviation Instructor's Handbookp. 3-34
  Chapter 3: The Learning Process › Errors › Learning from Error

  Error Recovery Given that the occasional error is inevitable, it is a worthwhile exercise to practice recovering from commonly made errors, or those that pose serious consequences. All flight learners need to learn and practice a lost procedure to ensure ... which they have lost their way. It is useful to devote the same sort of preparation to other common learner errors. Learning from Error Error can be a valuable learning resource. Learners naturally make errors, which instructors can utilize…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 6-1
  Chapter 6: Threat and Error Management › Causes of Errors › Insufficient Training & Experience

  Chapter 6: Threat and Error Management Introduction Threats What is an Error? Causes of Errors Insufficient Training & Experience Introduction Pilots use risk management as described in earlier chapters to analyze the likelihood and potential severity of an incident or accident ... encounter unforeseen hazards or threats. In addition, a pilot may respond inappropriately to a given condition, thus making an error. This chapter provides strategies pilots may use once flight begins. Threats Threats have the following characteristics: • Threats occur outside…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 7-2-1
  Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 2. Barometric Altimeter Errors and Setting Procedures › 7-2-2. Barometric Pressure Altimeter Errors

  Section 2. Barometric Altimeter Errors and Setting Procedures Procedures 7-2-1. General a. Aircraft altimeters are subject to the following errors and weather factors: 1. Instrument error. 2. Position error from aircraft static pressure systems. 3. Nonstandard atmospheric pressure ... Nonstandard temperatures. b. The standard altimeter 29.92 inches Mercury (“Hg.) setting at the higher altitudes eliminates station barometer errors, some altimeter instrument errors, and errors caused by altimeter settings derived from different geographical sources. 7-2-2. Barometric Pressure Altimeter…

• Aviation Instructor's Handbookp. 3-29
  Chapter 3: The Learning Process › The Multitasking Mistake › Priorities of Task Management

  right way to achieve success. The following section looks at the challenge of learning to perform several tasks at once, dealing with distractions and interruptions, overcoming problems with fixation and inattention. It also describes the benefits of using realistic training ... develop these abilities. The Multitasking Mistake The term multitasking is often taken for granted to mean handling several tasks at the same time. For example, when a pilot is on approach for a landing it is easy to assume that…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 12-13
  Chapter 12: Weather Theory › Atmospheric Stability › Temperature/Dew Point Relationship

  Relative Humidity Humidity refers to the amount of water vapor present in the atmosphere at a given time. Relative humidity is the actual amount of moisture in the air compared to the total amount of moisture the air could hold ... that temperature. For example, if the current relative humidity is 65 percent, the air is holding 65 percent of the total amount of moisture that it is capable of holding at that temperature and pressure. While much of the western…