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Confirmation or expectation bias as related to taxi instructions or intentions.

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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 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 1. Services Available to Pilots › 4-1-9. Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers

    communicating with a CTAF FSS, check the airport’s automated weather and establish two-way communications before transmitting outbound/inbound intentions or information. An inbound aircraft should initiate contact approximately 10 miles from the airport, reporting aircraft identification and type, altitude ... location relative to the airport, intentions (landing or over flight), possession of the automated weather, and request airport advisory or airport information service. A departing aircraft should initiate contact before taxiing, reporting aircraft identification and type, VFR or IFR, location…

  • Chapter 10. Helicopter Operations › Section 2. Special Operations › 10-2-4. Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Multiple Helicopter Operations

    operators should attempt to contact other helicopters on 123.025, and state their position and route of flight intentions for departing the LZ. 2. Hospital Operations. Because many hospitals require landing permission and have established procedures (frequencies to monitor, primary ... into the hospital heliport, the helicopter nearest to the heliport should contact other inbound helicopters on 123.025 and establish intentions. Follow the guidelines established in the LZ operations. (b) To facilitate approach times, the pilot-in-command of the helicopter…

  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-16. RNAV and RNP Operations

    During system initialization, pilots of aircraft equipped with a Flight Management System or other RNAV-certified system, must confirm that the navigation database is current, and verify that the aircraft position has been entered correctly. Flight crews should crosscheck ... other applicable resources, as well as the navigation system textual display and the aircraft map display. This process includes confirmation of the waypoints sequence, reasonableness of track angles and distances, any altitude or speed constraints, and identification…

  • CHAPTER 4. FLIGHT REVIEW › 4.1 Intent and Structure of the Flight Review › 4.1.1 Intent of Flight Review

    CHAPTER 4. FLIGHT REVIEW 4.1 Intent and Structure of the Flight Review 4.1.1 Intent of Flight Review. The purpose of the flight review required by 14 CFR part 61, § 61.56 is to provide for a regular evaluation of pilot skills…

  • Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Stalls › Intentional Spins

    Intentional Spins If the manufacturer does not specifically approve an aircraft for spins, intentional spins are not authorized by the CFRs or suggested by this handbook. The official sources for determining whether the spin maneuver is approved are: ⦁ Type Certificate ... assurance that recovery from a fully-developed spin is possible. Unfortunately, accident records show occurrences in which pilots intentionally ignored spin restrictions. Despite the installation of placards prohibiting intentional spins in these airplanes, some pilots and even some flight instructors…