*8A SRM - SRM

Question 0

1. Define the term “single-pilot resource management.”

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Answer 0

Single-pilot resource management (SRM) is the art and science of managing all the resources (both on-board the aircraft and from outside sources) available to a single pilot (prior to and during flight) to ensure the successful outcome of the flight. SRM helps pilots learn to execute methods of gathering information, analyzing it, and making decisions.

Question 1

2. What are examples of the skills necessary for effective SRM?
   (FAA-H-8083-25)

Answer 1

SRM includes the concepts of aeronautical decision making (ADM), risk management (RM), task management (TM), automation management (AM), controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) awareness, and situational awareness (SA).

Question 2

3. What practical application provides a pilot with an effective method to practice SRM?
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Answer 2

The “Five P” checklist consists of “the Plan, the Plane, the Pilot, the Passengers, and the Programming.” It is based on the idea that the pilot has essentially five variables that impact his or her environment and that can cause the pilot to make a single critical decision causing a critical outcome, or make several less critical decisions that when added together can create a critical outcome.

Question 3

4. Explain the use of the “Five P” model to assess risk associated with each of the five factors.
   (FAA-H-8083-2)

Answer 3

At key decision points, application of the Five P checklist should be performed by reviewing each of the critical variables:
Plan—weather, route, publications, ATC reroutes/delays, fuel onboard/remaining
Plane—mechanical status, automation status, database currency, backup systems
Pilot—illness, medication, stress, alcohol, fatigue, eating
Passengers—pilots/non-pilots, nervous or quiet, experienced or new, business or pleasure
Programming—autopilot, GPS, MFD/PFD; anticipate likely reroutes/clearances; questions to ask—What is it doing? Why is it doing it? Did I do it?

Question 4

5. When is the use of the “Five P” checklist recommended?

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Answer 4

The “Five P” concept relies on the pilot to adopt a scheduled review of the critical variables at points in the flight where decisions are most likely to be effective. These key decision points include preflight, pre-takeoff, hourly or at the midpoint of the flight, pre-descent, and just prior to the final approach fix (or, for VFR operations, just prior to entering the traffic pattern). They also should be used anytime an emergency situation arises.