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  • Chapter 3: Identifying Hazards & Associated Risks › Hazard Combinations › Airspace, Air Traffic Control, and Other Aircraft

    risk is generally low, and pilots should use risk assessment and management tools to mitigate any unacceptable risk before embarking on a flight…

  • Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › The Decision-Making Process › The Passengers

    Passengers can also be pilots. If no one is designated as pilot in command (PIC) and unplanned circumstances arise, the decision-making styles of several self-confident pilots may come into conflict. Pilots also need to understand that non-pilots ... risk elimination. While a pilot may feel comfortable with the risk present in a night IFR flight, the passengers may not. A pilot employing SRM should ensure the passengers are involved in the decision-making and given tasks and duties…

  • Chapter 14: Airport Operations

    general aviation airports, as shown below: • Commercial Service Airports—publicly owned airports that have at least 2,500 passenger boardings each calendar year and receive scheduled passenger service. Passenger boardings refer to revenue passenger boardings on an aircraft in service ... commerce whether or not in scheduled service. The definition also includes passengers who continue on an aircraft in international flight that stops at an airport in any of the 50 States for a non-traffic purpose, such as refueling…

  • Appendix C: Accident Case Studies › Accident Profile 3 › NTSB Factual Summary Excerpts (edited)

    pilot’s lack of recent night flight experience. NTSB Factual Summary Excerpts (edited) The pilot and two passengers flew from the Tallahassee, FL airport (TLH) to the nearby Wakulla County Airport (2J0). The purpose of the flight was to dine ... after liftoff, the helicopter impacted 50-foot trees about 350 feet from the liftoff point. The pilot and one passenger suffered fatal injuries and the other passenger was severely injured. The pilot had only one hour of night flight experience…

  • Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › The Decision-Making Process › The Pilot

    better place to make alternate plans that lessen the effect of these factors and provide a safer solution. The Passengers One of the key differences between CRM and SRM is the way passengers interact with the pilot. The pilot ... highly capable single-engine aircraft maintains a much more personal relationship with the passengers as he/she is positioned within an arm’s reach of them throughout the flight…

  • Chapter 10. Helicopter Operations › Section 2. Special Operations › 10-2-1. Offshore Helicopter Operations

    electrical storms (thunderstorms) are present within 10 nautical miles. Lightning can travel great distances beyond the actual thunderstorm. (3) Passengers disembark the helicopter and move to a safe location prior to HRR operations. When the pilot-in-command deems ... remain onboard, passengers should be briefed on the evacuation route to follow to clear the area. (4) Passengers not board or disembark during HRR operations nor should cargo be loaded or unloaded. (5) Only designated personnel, trained in HRR operations…