ADM Aeronautical Decision Making Larry Prentiss Safety Program

ADM Aeronautical Decision Making Larry Prentiss, Safety Program Manager Dallas Flight Standards District Office James B. Brownfield, Manager 2 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

ADM References • AC 60 -22 Aeronautical Decision Making (from www. faa gov/avr/afs) • ADA 182549 Aeronautical Decision Making for Student and Private Pilots (from National Technical Information Service Library, 1 -800 -759 -4684) 3 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

AERONAUTICAL DECISION MAKING • Essential To Flight Safety • Special Emphasis Item • Careful Evaluation Throughout Practical Test 4 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

AERONAUTICAL DECISION MAKING ADM is a systematic approach to the mental process used by pilots to consistently determine the best course of action in response to a given set of circumstances. 5 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

GOOD JUDGEMENT • Once believed to be gained only as a natural by-product of experience. • Good judgment can be taught. 6 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

ADM Builds upon the foundation of conventional decision making 7 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Steps For Good Decision Making • Identifying personal attitudes hazardous to safe flight. • Learning behavior modification techniques. • Learning how to recognize and cope with stress. • Developing risk assessment skills. • Using all resources in a multicrew situation. • Evaluating the effectiveness of one’s ADM skills 9 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

OPERATIONAL PITFALLS All experienced pilots have fallen prey to, or have been tempted by, one or more of these dangerous tendencies or behavior patterns in their flying careers. 11 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Peer Pressure Poor decision making based upon emotional response to peers rather than evaluating a situation objectively. 12 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Mind Set The inability to recognize and cope with changes in the situation different from those anticipated or planned. 13 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Get-There-Itis Clouds the vision and impairs judgment by causing a fixation on the original goal or destination combined with a total disregard for any alternative course of action. 14 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Duck-Under Syndrome Tendency to sneak a peek by descending below minimums during an approach. Based on a belief that there is a built in “fudge” factor or an unwillingness to admit defeat and shoot a missed approach. 15 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Scud Running Pushing the pilot and aircraft capabilities to the limit by trying to maintain visual contact with the terrain while trying to avoid contact with it. 16 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Continuing VFR into IMC Often leads to spatial disorientation or collision with ground/obstacles. It is even more dangerous when not instrument rated or current. 17 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Getting Behind the Aircraft Allowing events or the situation to control your actions rather than the other way around. 18 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Loss of Situational Awareness Another case of getting behind the aircraft which results in not knowing where you are, an inability to recognize deteriorating circumstances, and the misjudgment of the rate of deterioration. 19 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Operating Without Adequate Fuel Reserves Ignoring minimum fuel reserve requirements, either VFR or IFR, is generally the result of overconfidence, lack of flight planning, or ignoring the regulations. 20 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Descent Below the Minimum Enroute Altitude The duck-under syndrome (mentioned earlier) manifesting itself during the en route portion of an IFR flight. 21 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Flying Outside the Envelope Unjustified reliance on the (usually mistaken) belief that the airplanes high performance capability meets the demands imposed by the pilot’s (usually overestimated) flying skills. 22 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Neglect of Flight Planning, Preflight Inspections, Checklists Unjustified reliance on the pilot’s short and long term memory, regular flying skills, repetitive and familiar routes, etc. 23 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

HAZARDOUS ATTITUDES • • • Antiauthority (don’t tell me!). Impulsivity (do something quickly!). Invulnerability (it won’t happen to me). Macho (I can do it). Resignation (what’s the use? ). 24 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

STRESS AND FLYING Stress is a term used to describe the body’s nonspecific response to demands placed on it, whether those demands are pleasant or unpleasant in nature. 27 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

HOW MUCH STRESS IS IN YOUR LIFE? Major and minor stressors have a cumulative effect which constitutes your total stress-adaptation capability which can vary from year to year. 28 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

IS STRESS BAD? Stress is an inevitable and necessary part of life that adds motivation to life and heightens a pilots response to meet any challenge. 29 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

HANDLING STRESS IN FLYING Accidents often occur when flying task requirements exceed a pilot’s capabilities. 30 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

HANDLING STRESS IN FLYING • Stress is insidious. • Stress is cumulative. 32 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Signs of Inadequate Coping • Emotional • Physical • Behavioral 33 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Life Stress Management • • Become knowledgeable about stress. Take a realistic assessment of yourself. Take a systematic approach to problem solving. Develop a lifestyle that will buffer against the affects of stress. • Practice behavioral management techniques. • Establish and maintain a strong support network. 34 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Cockpit Stress Management • Avoid situations that distract you from flying the aircraft. • Reduce your workload to reduce stress levels. • If an emergency does occur, be calm. • Maintain proficiency in your aircraft. • Know and respect your own personal limits. • Do not let little mistakes build into a big thing. • Don’t let flying add to your stress. 35 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Personal “Go/No-Go” Checklist • Do I feel well? • Have I taken any medication in the last 12 hours? • Have I had as little as one ounce of alcohol in the last 12 hours? • Am I tired? • Am I under undue stress? • Have I eaten a sensible meal? • Am I dehydrated? 36 • Do I have proper personal equipment? Downloaded from www. avhf. com

RISK MANAGEMENT Risk management is the responsibility of everyone involved in aviation. 37 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

THE DECIDE MODEL • Detect. The fact that change has occurred. • Estimate. The need to counter or react to the change. • Choose. A desirable outcome for the flight. • Identify. Actions which successfully control the change. • Do. Take the necessary action. • Evaluate. The effect of action countering the change 38 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

IDENTIFYING THE ENEMY Most preventable accidents have one common factor: human error, rather than a mechanical malfunction. 39 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Flying Is Rapidly Changing • ADM is designed to reduce the extremely long and sometimes painful process of learning how to make good judgment decisions based on experience alone. • Mistakes in judgment can be fatal. 40 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Personal Checklist • Flight while under the influence of alcohol or drugs is a never. • Flight with a known medical deficiency is never expedient or legal (FAR 61. 53). • Flight outside the certified envelope is never safe. • Flight with less than the required minimum fuel is never reasonable. 41 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Personal Checklist, Continued • VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions is never justified. • Descent below the applicable minimum enroute altitude is never justified. • Casual neglect of any applicable checklist is never justified. • Aircraft accident statistics show that pilots should be conducting preflight checklists on themselves as well as on their aircraft. 42 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

The “I’M SAFE” Checklist • Illness. Any Symptoms? • • • Medication. Prescription or OTC drugs? Stress. Psychological, money, health, family? Alcohol. Within 8 hours? Within 24 hours? Fatigue. Adequately rested? Eating. Enough proper foods for nourishment? 43 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

HOW TO BE A SAFE PILOT A pilot does not have to be a genius to be a safe pilot. 44 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

HOW TO BE A SAFE PILOT • A pilot should be an emotionally stable person. • An experienced, mature pilot will accept and follow the rules and procedures which will benefit the aviation community. • Some pilots break rules simply for the gratification of some emotional need. 45 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

HOW TO BE A SAFE PILOT • Existing rules would go a long way to remedy the accident rate. • Exhibiting one or more of the five hazardous attitudes or irrational behavior also exposes emotional weaknesses in personality. 46 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Developing Good Decision Making Skills The development of good decision making skills is far more difficult than developing good flying skills, but it can be done. 47 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

Developing Good Decision Making Skills • Many pilots fail to make proper decisions when they really want to do something. • Not following safety-oriented information is similar to not following the advice of a doctor or lawyer. • The most important decision a pilot will make is to learn and adhere to published rules, procedures, and recommendations. • Aviation has reached a new plateau. 48 Downloaded from www. avhf. com

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