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• Risk Management Handbookp. 7-3
  Chapter 7: Automation & Flight Path Management › Integrated Flight Path Automation Systems

  Integrated Flight Path Automation Systems Use of automation is an excellent risk control measure when flying in a variety of flight environments where the pilot has a high workload. For example, autopilots are often very useful during complex single-pilot ... operations. While the use of automation helps reduce risks associated with other hazards, a lack of proficiency with automation may become its own hazard and introduce unique risks. While pilots often rely on the autopilot, they also need…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 7-2
  Chapter 7: Automation & Flight Path Management › Reliance on Automation

  Reliance on Automation The use of automation comes with certain cautions. Automation should reduce workload, but in some instances, it may create more work, confusion, and contribute to errors. At other times, automation may lull pilots into complacency. Pilots ... experience degraded ability to fly manually when required to do so. For example, when flying in icing conditions, an automated system may make control inputs to compensate for ice accumulation. However, if the system exceeds its limits, it could disconnect…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 7-2
  Chapter 7: Automation & Flight Path Management › Balancing Automated & Manual Flight

  Balancing Automated & Manual Flight Pilots choose the level of flight path automation. Risk management strategies suggest using automation as an aid to manage workload rather than to compensate for lack of proficiency. A balance of automated and manual flight that ... proficiency into consideration gives the pilot greater opportunity to monitor the flight path and aircraft state. Choosing the appropriate level of automation for the task and adjusting as circumstances dictate is essential to effective use of automation…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 2-26
  Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › RISK › Automation

  themselves with departure and destination airport information. More pilots now rely on electronic databases for flight planning and use automated flight planning tools rather than planning the flight by the traditional methods of laying out charts, drawing the course, identifying ... Electronic flight instrumentation comes in many systems and provides a myriad of information to the pilot. Although automation has made flying safer, automated systems can make some errors more evident and sometimes hide other errors or make them less evident…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 7-1
  Chapter 7: Automation & Flight Path Management › Introduction

  Chapter 7: Automation & Flight Path Management Introduction Introduction Automation systems provide an interface allowing the pilot to set a desired aircraft state. The system takes pilot input and aircraft information into account, develops a logical solution, and acts to fulfill ... programmed objectives without continuous input from the pilot. When used properly, automation can reduce workload, enhance situational awareness, and allow the pilot to focus more attention on the aircraft flight path. Aircraft automation designs range from basic control…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 7-1-8
  Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 1. Meteorology › 7-1-5. Preflight Briefing

  nature of the flight. Pilots can receive a regulatory compliant briefing without contacting Flight Service. Pilots are encouraged to use automated resources and review AC 91-92, Pilot’s Guide to a Preflight Briefing, for more information. Pilots who prefer ... brief prior to calling. Conducting a self-brief before contacting Flight Service provides familiarity of meteorological and aeronautical conditions applicable to the route of flight and promotes a better understanding of weather information. Three basic types of preflight briefings (Standard…