A101 – Safety – Flashcards
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1. 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?
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ANSWER: Scud running
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The most effective method of scanning for other aircraft for collision avoidance during daylight hours is to use
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ANSWER: a series of short, regularly spaced eye movements to search each 10-degree sector.
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What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude such as "Impulsivity"?
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ANSWER: Not so fast, think first
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What is the one common factor which affects most preventable accidents?
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ANSWER: Human error
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What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as "Antiauthority"?
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ANSWER: Follow the rules
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Hazardous attitudes occur to every pilot to some degree at some time. What are some of these hazardous attitudes?
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ANSWER: Antiauthority, impulsivity, macho, resignation, and invulnerability
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7. Risk management, as part of the aeronautical decision making process (ADM), relies on which features to reduce the risks associated with each flight?
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ANSWER: Situational awareness, problem recognition, and good judgement
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What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as "Macho"?
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ANSWER: Taking chances is foolish
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Which technique should a pilot use to scan for traffic to the right and left during straight-and-level flight?
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ANSWER: Systematically focus on different segments of the sky for short intervals
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What often leads to spatial disorientation or collision with ground/obstacles when flying under Visual Flight Rules (VFR)?
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ANSWER: Continual flight into instrument conditions
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11. 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?
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ANSWER: The pilot
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What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as "Invulnerability"?
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ANSWER: It could happen to me
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What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as "Resignation"?
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ANSWER: I am not helpless
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In the aeronautical decision making process (ADM), what is the first step in neutralizing a hazardous attitude?
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ANSWER: Recognizing hazardous thoughts
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What is one of the neglected items when a pilot relies on short and long term memory for repetitive tasks?
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ANSWER: Checklists
