Lesson 24

Hazardous attitudes occur to every pilot to some degree at some time. What are some of these hazardous attitudes?

Antiauthority, impulsivvity, macho, resignation, and invulnerability.

What is one of the neglected items when a pilot relies on short and long term memory for repetitive tasks?

Checklists

What often leads to spatial disorientation or collision with ground/obstacles when flying under Visual Flight Rules (VFR)?

Continual flight into instrument conditions.

What is the antidote when a hazardous attitude "anti authority?"

Follow the rules

What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude "resignation?"

I am not helpless

What is the antidote when a pilot has the hazardous attitude "Invulnerability?"

It could happen to me

The most important key to risk management is

Management of external pressures

What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as "impulsivity?"

Not so fast, think first

What antidotal phrase can help reverse the hazardous attitude of impulsivity?

Not so fast, think first.

One purpose of crew resource management (CRM) is to give crew tools to

Recognize and mitigate hazards

In the aeronautical decision making (ADM) process, what is the first step in neutralizing a hazardous attitude?

Recognizing hazardous thoughts.

What is it often called when a pilot pushes his or her capabilities and the aircraft's limits by trying to maintain visual contact with the terrain in low visibility and ceiling?

Scud running.

Risk management, as part of the aeronautical decision making (ADM) process, relies on which features to reduce the risks associated with each flight?

Situational awareness, problem recognition, and good judgment.

What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude "macho?"

Taking chances is foolish

Who is responsible for determining whether a pilot is fit to fly for a particular flight, even though he/she holds a current medical cert?

The pilot (CFR 61.53 for which medical conditions are prohibited to have while being a pilot)

What is one common factor which affects most preventable accidents?

human error