FI.I.A.K2a
KnowledgeLearner emotional reactions, including:
Anxiety and stress
From the FAA library
- Chapter 2: Human Behavior › Learner Emotional Reactions › Abnormal Reactions to Stress
Abnormal Reactions to Stress Reactions to stress may produce abnormal responses in some people. With them, response to anxiety or stress may be completely absent or at least inadequate. Their responses may be random or illogical, or they…
- Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Ground Lighting Illusions › Motion Sickness
Anxiety and stress, which may be experienced at the beginning of flight training, can contribute to motion sickness. Symptoms of motion sickness include general discomfort, nausea, dizziness, paleness, sweating, and vomiting. It is important to remember that experiencing airsickness…
- Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Ground Lighting Illusions › How To Prevent Landing Errors Due to Optical Illusions
pilot may experience motion sickness during initial flights, but it generally goes away within the first few lessons. Anxiety and stress, which may be experienced at the beginning of flight training, can contribute to motion sickness. Symptoms of motion sickness…
- Chapter 2: Human Behavior › Defense Mechanisms › Denial
level of repression can vary from temporarily forgetting an uncomfortable thought to amnesia, where the events that triggered the anxiety are deeply buried. Repressed memories do not disappear and may reappear in dreams or slips of the tongue (“Freudian slips ... refusal to acknowledge what has happened, is happening, or will happen. It is a form of repression through which stressful thoughts are banned from memory. Related to denial is minimization. When a person minimizes something, he or she accepts what…
- Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Treatment of Hypoxia › Hyperventilation
such cases, increased breathing rate and anxiety further aggravate the problem. Hyperventilation can lead to unconsciousness due to the respiratory system’s overriding mechanism to regain control of breathing. Pilots encountering an unexpected stressful situation may subconsciously increase their breathing…
- Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Hydraulic Fluid › Drugs
death in a survival situation) this reaction is not their primary function. In some cases, stimulants can produce anxiety and mood swings, both of which are dangerous when flying. Some drugs that are classified as neither stimulants nor depressants have ... safety. A great mnemonic, covered in Chapter 2 on Aeronautical Decision-Making, is IMSAFE, which stands for Illness, Medication, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, and Emotion…