CH.IV.B.R8
Risk managementConfirmation or expectation bias as related to taxi instructions.
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- 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 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 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 5. Pilot/Controller Roles and Responsibilities › 5-5-16. RNAV and RNP Operations
STARs, pilots of aircraft without GPS, using DME/DME/IRU, must ensure the aircraft navigation system position is confirmed, within 1,000 feet, at the start point of take-off roll. The use of an automatic or manual runway update ... C129 equipment is used to solely satisfy the RNAV and RNP requirement, GPS RAIM availability must be confirmed for the intended route of flight (route and time). If RAIM is not available, pilots need an approved alternate means of navigation…
- 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. Emergency Procedures › Section 2. Emergency Services Available to Pilots › 6-2-4. Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)
Compared to the almost instantaneous detection of a 406 MHz ELT, SAR forces’ normal practice is to wait for confirmation of an overdue aircraft or similar notification. In some cases, this confirmation process can take hours. SAR forces can initiate…
- Chapter 2: En Route Operations › Flights in a Radar Environment
fact is not repeated to the pilot when handed off to another controller. At times, the aircraft identity is confirmed by the receiving controller; however, this should not be construed to mean that radar contact has been lost. The identity ... transponder equipped aircraft is confirmed by asking the pilot to “ident,” “squawk standby,” or to change codes. Aircraft without transponders are advised of their position to confirm identity. In this case, the pilot is expected to advise the controller…