Flight Instructor for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating › V. Preflight Procedures › Task B. Flight Deck Management

HI.V.B.R3

Risk management

Passenger distractions.

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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…
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…
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. 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…
Helicopter Flying Handbook p. 13-15
Chapter 13: Effective Aeronautical Decision-Making › Situational Awareness › Operational Pitfalls
complacency, which can threaten flight safety by reducing SA. Loss of SA can be caused by a minor distraction that diverts the pilot’s attention from monitoring the instruments or scanning outside the aircraft. For example, a gauge that ... ensnare the unwary pilot. Pilots, particularly those with considerable experience, try to complete a flight as planned, please passengers, and meet schedules. This basic drive to achieve can have an adverse effect on safety and can impose an unrealistic assessment…