Aeronautical Decision Making Flashcards
What are the 3 Ps
Percive
Process
Perform
5P Checklist
Plan
Plane
Pilot
Passenger
Programming
Decide Checklist
Detect the problem
Estimate the need to react
Choose a course of action
Identify solutions
Evaluate the effect of actions
Pave Checklist
Pilot
Aircraft
enViornment
External Pressure
checklist to make sure that you are safe to fly
Illness
Medication
Stress
Alcohol
Fatigue
Emotions
Requirement’s for drinking alcohol then flying
8Hr FAA
12Hr L3
.04
Cannot be under the influence
Different types of fatigue
Acute
Chronic
Spatial Disorientation
Lack of regard to position, altitude, or movement of airplane in space
Landing Illusions
featureless Runway - Being to high (pitch down
runway width- narrow Being too high
Runway slope- up-sloping being to high
Atmospheric - Rain Haze fog
ground lighting- Bright lights illusion of being to low
What does Rain, Haze, and Fog feel like when flying? What does the pilot do to correct?
Rain- Being to high
Haze- Far away
Fog- Pitched up
Pitch down
What are the physical conditions a pilot or passenger could expereince in flight?
Motion Sickness
Drugs
Hypoxia
Carbon Monoxide
Hyperventilation
Oxygen requirements
Sinus Block
Ear Block
Night vision
Scuba diving
What does motion sickness feel like and what is it caused by?
Misinterpretation from conflicting signals from the inner ear and eye. Can feel nausea, dizziness, sweating, vomiting.
What is carbonmoxide and why would it happen to us
oderless tastless gas that can cause headache dizziness and overall sickness. Can happen if there is a leak in the exaust manifold that vents the air into the cabin.
Hyperventilation Cause and symtoms and how to help
Caused by stress when the body exhaled too much carbon dioxide. Symtoms are similar to hypoxia. Slow the breathing by taking singing or breathing into a bag
Oxygen requirements and recommendations
12,500-14,000 Crew for 30 minutes
14,000 - 15,000 Crew entire time
15,000 up Passengers must be offered
FAA recommends above 10,000 ft
Night vision length to be adjusted
30 minutes
Scuba diving- Why bad? Requirements after?
Flights above 8,000MSl 24 hrs
flights up to 8,000 MSL 24- controlled ascend 12-no controlled ascend
Nitrogen trapped in the tissue cells which means are body did not equalize enough can cause the bends
Hypoxic
Blood cant get enough oxygen
Altitude prevents oxygen from passing into the lungs
(Cant Get)
Hypemic Cause and what to do
Blood hemoglobin cant carry enough oxygen
Blocked by Carbon Monoxide
Shut off cabin heat
(CANT Carry)
Stagnant
Circulation
High G’s, cold, heart problems
Cant Circulate
Straight level flight
(Cant Circulate)
Histotoxic
Body cant useenough oxygen
Drugs/Alcohol
(Cant Use)
Symtoms of Hypoxia
Headache
Euphoria
Light-headedness
Impaired Judgement
Drowsniess
Visual Impairment
Dizziness
Consiousness
Cyanosis
When can windows be open on plane
Vne
Vestibular System
Organs found in the inner ear that sense position by the way we are balanced
Somotosensory System
Nerves in the skin, muscles, and joints along with hearing sense position on gravity feeling and sound
Visual system
Eyes- Which sense position on what is seen
Inversion
Feeling? Reaction?
Abrupt change from climb to straight and level.
Tumbling back feeling
Pilot will push airplane in nose low attitude
Coriolis
Abrupt head movement in a prolonged constant rate turn
Pilot thinks the plane is doing a maneuver that it is not supposed to
Elevator
Abrupt vertical acceleration in an updraft or an abrupt downward vertical acceleration or downdraft
Pilot will push plane in nose low attitude or pull nose up
False Horizon
Trying to allign the plane with somthing in the distance that looks like the horizon could make the pilot lose control or put the airplane at a dangerous attitude
Leans
Abrupt correction of banked attutude
Creates the illusion of banking in opposite direction
The pilot will roll the plane back into its orriginal dangerous attitude
Autokenisis
A stationary light will appear to move if stared at for too long
Pilot could lose control if trying to allign with lights
Graveyard Spin/Spiral
Spin- Pilot is recovering from spin and the fluid in the inner ear can make it seem as if he has entered a spin in the other direction although they have entered a spin in the same direction
Spiral- While turning you notice that you have lost altitude and you feel as if you are in straight and level so you pitch back. Although you are actuallly in a turn the abrupt pitching back tightens the turn and you lose more altutude.
Somotogravic vision
During takeoff it creates an illusion of being nose up. The pilot may push the aircraft into a nose-low or dive attitude
Sinus Block
during ascent or decent pressue in sinus cavities should equalize with cabin pressure. pain is caused when you have a cold
Ear Block
The tube that connects the inner and outer part of your ear sometimes does not equalize with decent.
Remedies include yawing, chewing, swallowing
