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PL.VIII.C.R3

Risk management

Circumstances that would make diversion prudent.

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  • Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › Hazard and Risk › V = EnVironment

    really important trips, plan to leave early enough so that there would still be time to drive to the destination, if necessary. A pilot must continually make decisions about competency, condition of health, mental and emotional state, level of fatigue ... many other variables. For example, a pilot may be called early in the morning to make a long flight. If a pilot has had only a few hours of sleep and is concerned that the congestion being experienced could…

  • Chapter 8: Aeronautical Decision-Making in Flight › Analytical Decision-Making

    automation proficiently and at the appropriate level reduces risk and helps prevent incidents and accidents. Chapter 8: Aeronautical Decision-Making in Flight Introduction ADM Background Analytical Decision-Making Introduction This chapter focuses on the pilot aeronautical decision-making (ADM) skills ... used to mitigate risk factors while in flight. Advisory Circular (AC) 60-22, Aeronautical Decision-Making [Figure 8-1], provides additional information, background references, definitions, and other pertinent information about ADM training in the general aviation environment and is available…

  • Chapter 16: Navigation › Flight Diversion

    Flight Diversion There may come a time when a pilot is not able to make it to the planned destination. This can be the result of unpredicted weather conditions, a system malfunction, or poor preflight planning. In any case ... safely and efficiently divert to an alternate destination. Risk management procedures become a priority during any type of flight diversion and should be used the pilot. For example, the hazards of inadvertent VFR into IMC involve a risk that…

  • Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › Decision-Making in a Dynamic Environment › Operational Pitfalls

    Experts appear to make provisional sense of a situation, without actually reaching a decision, by launching experience-based actions that in turn trigger creative revisions. This is a reflexive type of decision-making anchored in training and experience ... most often used in times of emergencies when there is no time to practice analytical decision-making. Naturalistic or automatic decision-making improves with training and experience, and a pilot will find himself or herself using a combination of decision…

  • Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › The Decision-Making Process › The Programming

    capabilities are in response to last minute changes of the approach (and the reprogramming required) and ability to make large-scale changes (a reroute for instance) while hand flying the aircraft. Since formats are not standardized, simply moving from ... flight, the pilot should review and consider the “Plan, the Plane, the Pilot, the Passengers, and the Programming” and make the appropriate decision required by the current situation. It is often said that failure to make a decision…

  • Chapter 10: Aeronautical Decision-Making and Judgment › The Decision-Making Process › Single-Pilot Resource Management (SRM)

    Single-Pilot Resource Management (SRM) Single-Pilot Resource Management (SRM) is about how to gather information, analyze it, and make decisions. Learning how to identify problems, analyze the information, and make informed and timely decisions is not as straightforward ... analyze each situation in light of experience level, personal minimums, and current physical and mental readiness level, and make his or her own decision. Perceive, Process, Perform (3P) Model The Perceive, Process, Perform (3P) model for ADM offers a simple…