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Risk management

Passenger distractions.

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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…
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…
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…
Aviation Instructor's Handbook p. 1-26
Chapter 1: Risk Management and Single-Pilot Resource Management › Use of Resources › Workload Management
example, locating an item on a chart or setting a radio frequency may be delegated to another pilot or passenger, an autopilot (if available) may be used, or ATC may be enlisted to provide assistance. Figure 1-14. Accidents often ... idealized example, the margin of safety is minimal during the approach and landing. At this point, an emergency or distraction could overtax pilot capabilities, causing an accident…
Aviation Instructor's Handbook p. 9-10
Chapter 9: Techniques of Flight Instruction › Use of Distractions
following are examples of distractions that can be used for this training: ⦁ Drop a pencil. Ask the learner to pick it up. ⦁ Ask the learner to determine a heading to an airport using a chart. ⦁ Ask the learner to reset ... pilot in command (PIC) must know when to tell any passengers, even a Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE), when the PIC finds actions in the aircraft that distract and interfere with the safe conduct of the flight…