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• Risk Management Handbookp. 7-4
  Chapter 8: Aeronautical Decision-Making in Flight › Analytical Decision-Making

  While an autopilot is engaged, a pilot’s attention should not disengage. Pilots need to maintain situational awareness and appropriate focus on the progress of the flight at all times. Balancing the use of automation with manual flying skills ... necessary in case a particular situation requires pilot intervention. Using automation proficiently and at the appropriate level reduces risk and helps prevent incidents and accidents. Chapter 8: Aeronautical Decision-Making in Flight Introduction ADM Background Analytical Decision-Making Introduction This…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 2-13
  Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › The Decision-Making Process › The 5 Ps Check

  first decision point is preflight in the flight planning room, where all the information is readily available to make a sound decision, and where communication and Fixed Base Operator (FBO) services are readily available to make alternate travel plans ... second easiest point in the flight to make a critical safety decision is just prior to takeoff. Few pilots have ever had to make an “emergency takeoff.” While the point of the 5P check is to help the pilot…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 2-15
  Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › The Decision-Making Process › The Programming

  capabilities are in response to last minute changes of the approach (and the reprogramming required) and ability to make large-scale changes (a reroute for instance) while hand flying the aircraft. Since formats are not standardized, simply moving from ... flight, the pilot should review and consider the “Plan, the Plane, the Pilot, the Passengers, and the Programming” and make the appropriate decision required by the current situation. It is often said that failure to make a decision…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 2-21
  Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › Decision-Making in a Dynamic Environment › Operational Pitfalls

  Experts appear to make provisional sense of a situation, without actually reaching a decision, by launching experience-based actions that in turn trigger creative revisions. This is a reflexive type of decision-making anchored in training and experience ... most often used in times of emergencies when there is no time to practice analytical decision-making. Naturalistic or automatic decision-making improves with training and experience, and a pilot will find himself or herself using a combination of decision…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 2-23
  Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › Decision-Making in a Dynamic Environment › Internal Resources

  such as knowing if the oil pressure gauge is direct reading or uses a sensor, is the difference between making a wise decision or poor one that leads to a tragic error. Figure 2-17. When possible, have a passenger ... pilots with traffic advisories, radar vectors, and assistance in emergency situations. Although it is the PIC’s responsibility to make the flight as safe as possible, a pilot with a problem can request assistance from ATC. [Figure…

• Seaplane, Skiplane, and Float/Ski Equipped Helicopter Operations Handbookp. 4-11
  SKIPPING

  across them at an angle rather than head-on. Remember to check for other air traffic and make any appropriate radio calls…