PH.IV.E.R3
Risk managementEmbarking or disembarking passengers and rotor blade hazards.
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- Chapter 3: Identifying Hazards & Associated Risks › Hazard Combinations › Airspace, Air Traffic Control, and Other Aircraft
risk is generally low, and pilots should use risk assessment and management tools to mitigate any unacceptable risk before embarking on a flight…
- Chapter 3: Identifying Hazards & Associated Risks › Using the PAVE Checklist to Identify Hazards › Pilot Hazards
Using the PAVE Checklist to Identify Hazards As described in Chapter 1, the PAVE checklist provides a means to identify hazards using four convenient hazard “buckets.” Using all four checklist categories before a flight captures most hazards normally encountered. This ... section discusses hazards associated with each category. Pilot Hazards “P” hazards can be classified in terms of both capability and aeromedical factors as follows: 1. Qualification–Does the pilot possess the appropriate pilot certificate, category, class, and type rating needed…
- Chapter 8: Ground Procedures and Flight Preparations › Safety in and Around Helicopters › Passengers
rough or isolated terrain, the pilot should brief all occupants regarding the location of maps and survival equipment. 6. Passengers should be informed as to what actions and precautions to take in the event of an emergency, such ... high vertical impact (erect with back firmly against the seat back); and when and how to exit. Ensure that passengers are aware of the location of the fire extinguisher, survival equipment and, if equipped, how to use and locate…
- Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › RISK › Hazard and Risk
Hazard and Risk Two defining elements of ADM are hazard and risk. Hazard is a real or perceived condition, event, or circumstance that a pilot encounters. When faced with a hazard, the pilot makes an assessment of that hazard based ... upon various factors. The pilot assigns a value to the potential impact of the hazard, which qualifies the pilot’s assessment of the hazard—risk. Therefore, risk is an assessment of the single or cumulative hazard facing a pilot; however…
- Chapter 3: Identifying Hazards & Associated Risks › Why Hazards Result in Aviation Accidents
Pilots need the ability to perceive relevant hazards, understand and analyze potential consequences, and exercise judgment when responding to any hazard. Why Hazards Result in Aviation Accidents Pilots learn to recognize hazards during ground and flight training. While instructors normally ... include the learner in the decision-making process, training does not teach the learner how to manage every hazard. A saying goes that new pilots have a cup of luck and an empty cup of experience, and they should fill…
- Chapter 3: Identifying Hazards & Associated Risks › Why Hazards Result in Aviation Accidents › Understanding the Risks Posed by Hazards
hazardous attitude. Most pilots sincerely believe that they will respond to hazards appropriately and take actions necessary to avoid accidents. However, a pilot’s attitude affects perception of hazards, the analysis of the potential threat, and performance of an appropriate ... response. Since attitude influences behavior, pilots should consider their own attitude and the antidote to any hazardous attitude. [Figure 3-2] The pilots in the two fatal accidents described above exhibited several of these hazardous attitudes. If they had recognized…