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• Risk Management Handbookp. 2-2
  Chapter 2: Personal Minimums › Personal Minimums › Step 2—Assess Experience and Comfort Level

  ceiling as 7,000 feet, and the lowest visibility as 15 miles. A pilot may never experience MVFR conditions and would leave the dash in place. However, in this example and as shown in Figure 2-3, the pilot regularly ... flies in an area where normal summer flying involves hazy conditions over relatively flat terrain and is more experienced and comfortable in MVFR. The pilot used the MVFR column to record personal minimums of a 2,500-foot ceiling…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 2-3
  Chapter 2: Personal Minimums › Personal Minimums › Step 3—Consider Other Conditions

  this example, the pilot did not fill in the LIFR boxes for known “comfort level” in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) after deciding to avoid flight in those conditions. 12402 Experience and “Comfort Level” Assessment Figure 2-4. A sample pilot ... single table, the summary of a pilot’s known “comfort level” for VFR, MVFR, IFR, and LIFR weather conditions might appear as shown in Figure 2-5. Figure 2-5. Experience and comfort level assessment for combined…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 2-4
  Chapter 2: Personal Minimums › Personal Minimums › Step 5—Adjust for Specific Conditions

  table as shown in Figure 2-8. Figure 2-8. Sample baseline personal minimums. Step 5—Adjust for Specific Conditions Any flight a pilot makes involves an infinite combination of pilot skill, experience, conditions, and proficiency. Aircraft equipment and performance ... environmental conditions, and external influences vary considerably. Both individually and in combination, these factors can compress or expand the safety buffer provided by baseline personal minimums. Consequently, a pilot should develop a practical way to adjust baseline personal minimums…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 2-17
  Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › The Decision-Making Process › TEAM Checklist: Choose and Implement Risk Controls

  travel over mountains on a hazy day and land at an unfamiliar mountain airport that is still in IMC conditions. • Alternatives: Gayle might mitigate the pilot-related risk by hiring a CFI to accompany her and provide dual cross-country ... instruction. An added benefit is the opportunity to broaden her flying experience in safe conditions. • Reality: Accepting the reality that limited experience can create additional risks is a key part of sound risk management and mitigation. • External Factors: Like many…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 17-2
  Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Obtaining a Medical Certificate

  control of nervous system function(s) without satisfactory explanation of cause However, this list includes only the mandatory disqualifying conditions. There are many other medical conditions that fall into the General Medical Condition section of the regulations that are considered ... disqualifying even though they are not stated in the regulations. Conditions such as cancer, kidney stones, neurologic and neuromuscular conditions including Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis, certain blood disorders, and other conditions that may progress over time require review…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 10-2
  Chapter 10: Weight and Balance › Balance, Stability, and Center of Gravity

  Conversely, if the CG is displaced too far aft on the longitudinal axis, a tail heavy condition results. It is possible that the pilot could not control the aircraft if the CG location produced an unstable condition. [Figure ... aircraft, but the pilot must be aware that adverse effects arise as a result of a laterally unbalanced condition. In an airplane, lateral unbalance occurs if the fuel load is mismanaged by supplying the engine(s) unevenly from tanks…