SU 8: Aeronautical Decision Making

27. The most effective method of scanning for other aircraft for collision avoidance during daylight hours is to use

A series of short, regularly spaced eye movements to search each 10-degree sector.

25. What effect does haze have on the ability to see traffic or terrain features during flight?

All traffic or terrain features appear to be farther away than their actual distance.

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

Antiauthority, impulsivity, macho, resignation, and invulnerability.

31. You are a remote pilot for a co-op energy service provider. You are to use your UA to inspect power lines in a remote area 15 hours away from your home office. After the drive, fatigue impacts your abilities to complete your assignment on time. Fatigue can be recognized

As being in an impaired state.

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

Checklists.

29. Most midair collision accidents occur during

Clear days.

1. The effective use of all available resources-human, hardware, and information-prior to and during flight to ensure the successful outcome of the operation is called

Crew Resource Management

22. Which would most likely result in hyperventilation?

Emotional tension, anxiety, or fear.

24. Why is fatigue hazardous to flight safety?

Fatigue may not be apparent to a pilot until serious errors are made (an impaired pilot is a dangerous pilot).

11. What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as "Antiauthority"?

Follow the rules.

17. What is the one common factor which affects most preventable accidents?

Human error.

21. When a stressful situation is encountered in flight, an abnormal increase in the volume of air breathed in and out can cause a condition known as

Hyperventilation

20. Rapid or extra deep breathing while using oxygen can cause a condition known as

Hyperventilation.

15. What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as "Resignation"?

I am not helpless.

4. You have been hired as a remote pilot by a local TV news station to film breaking news with a small UA. You expressed a safety concern and the station manager has instructed you to "fly first, ask questions later." What type of hazardous attitude does this attitude represent?

Impulsivity.

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

It could happen to me.

30. Which is true regarding the presence of alcohol within the human body?

Judgement and decision-making abilities can be adversely affected by even small amounts of alcohol.

3. Identify the hazardous attitude or characteristic a remote pilot displays while taking risks in order to impress others?

Macho.

28. Eye movements during daytime collision avoidance scanning should

Not exceed 10 degrees and view each sector at least 1 second.

12. What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as "Impulsivity"?

Not so fast, think first.

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

Not so fast, think first.

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

Recognizing hazardous thoughts.

2. Safety is an important element for a remote pilot to consider prior to operating an unmanned aircraft system. To prevent the final "link" in the accident chain, a remote pilot must consider which methodology?

Risk Management

7. 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 judgement.

19. A pilot should be able to overcome the symptoms or avoid future occurrences of hyperventilation by

Slowing the breathing rate, breathing into a bag, or talking aloud.

23. A pilot experiencing the effects of hyperventilation should be able to restore the proper carbon dioxide level in the body by

Slowing the breathing rate, breathing into a paper bag, or talking aloud.

26. Which technique should a remote pilot use to scan for traffic? A remote pilot should

Systematically focus on different segments of the sky for short intervals.

14. What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as "Macho"?

Taking chances is foolish.

6. A local TV station has hired a remote pilot to operate their small UA to cover news stories. The remote pilot has had multiple near misses with obstacles on the ground and two small UAS accidents. What would be a solution for the news station to improve their operating safety culture?

The news station should recognize hazardous attitudes and situations and develop standard operating procedures that emphasize safety.

16. Who is responsible for determining whether a pilot is fit to fly for a particular flight, even though he or she holds a current medical certificate?

The pilot.

5. When adapting crew resource management (CRM) concepts to the operation of a small UA, CRM must be integrated into

all phases of the operation.