Identify flight crew safety protocols using the aeronautical decision-making approach to risk assessment.

Identification should include

  • personal attitudes hazardous to safe flight
  • learning behavior modification techniques
  • learning how to recognize and cope with stress
  • developing risk assessment skills
  • resource management.

Teacher Resource:

Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making, Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, FAA Links to an external site.

Process/Skill Questions:

  • What are hazardous attitudes? How can a hazardous attitude be neutralized?
  • Why should flight crew avoid drugs and alcohol?
  • How should flight crew consider the effects of stress on performance?
  • How to mitigate risk and to perceive hazards?
  • What decision process falls under resource management?
  • Why are fire-resistant materials required apparel for military pilots and professional racecar drivers?
  • Why are most pilots mandated to comply with Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) alert instructions?
  • What human factors fall under crew resource management?