Commercial Pilot for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating › II. Preflight Procedures › Task B. Flight Deck Management

CH.II.B.R3

Risk management

Passenger distractions.

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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…
Helicopter Flying Handbook p. 13-7
Chapter 13: Effective Aeronautical Decision-Making › Single-Pilot Resource Management
passenger assist with holding items. There is nothing more unsettling than being in flight and not having a well thought-out plan for managing the necessary documents and data. This lack of planning often leads to confusion, distractions and aircraft…
Helicopter Flying Handbook p. 8-4
Chapter 8: Ground Procedures and Flight Preparations › Safety in and Around Helicopters › Passengers
Passengers Passengers increase the responsibility, workload, and risk for the pilot. The workload and distractions seem magnified to inexperienced pilots while they are developing confidence and ability to operate in the aviation environment. Inexperienced pilots should consider building up their…
Helicopter Flying Handbook p. 13-15
Chapter 13: Effective Aeronautical Decision-Making › Situational Awareness › Operational Pitfalls
complacency, which can threaten flight safety by reducing SA. Loss of SA can be caused by a minor distraction that diverts the pilot’s attention from monitoring the instruments or scanning outside the aircraft. For example, a gauge that ... ensnare the unwary pilot. Pilots, particularly those with considerable experience, try to complete a flight as planned, please passengers, and meet schedules. This basic drive to achieve can have an adverse effect on safety and can impose an unrealistic assessment…
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…
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…