Chapter 1.2 - Safety Considerations

Question 1

What are the three elements of Airmanship

Answer 1

• Flight Discipline.
• Correct Attitude.
• Commonsense.

Question 2

What are the five major principles of ‘Basic See and Avoid’?

Answer 2

• Maintain Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC).
• Concentrate on effective lookout.
• Make your aeroplane as visible as possible.
• ‘Clear’ your airspace before manoeuvring.
• Take avoiding action early.

Question 3

Define an ‘Effective Lookout’?

Answer 3

• Spending as much time as possible looking outside the airplane in developing an efficient scan of the horizon.
• Not concentrating on instruments, not focusing on one particular spot or just stare into distance.

Question 4

What are the two performance criteria on maintaining effective lookout?

Answer 4

• Maintain lookout and traffic separation using a systematic scan technique.
• Maintain Radio Listening Watch.

Question 5

How can you help others see you during flight?

Answer 5

Performing periodic ‘S-turns’ or banking in opposite directions.

Question 6

Name 3 Atmospheric Conditions that limit vision?

Answer 6

• Haze.
• Glare.
• Position of the Sun.

Question 7

Name 3 factors conducive to Mid-air Collisions?

Answer 7

• High Traffic Density Areas.
• Lack of Concentration.
• Restricted Vision (from non-meteorological factors).

Question 8

What is the ‘Clock Code’?

Answer 8

Is a system used to identify traffic using a clock to point out where aircraft are.