Saron: Human Factors

Question 1

Rain on windshield

Answer 1

Runway will look lower than it is, causing pilot to be low on approach

Question 2

Haze on final

Answer 2

Runway looks farther than it is, resulting in high approach

Question 3

Terrain around the runway is high

Answer 3

Tendency to fly high approach

Question 4

Empty field myopia

Answer 4

Lack of stimulus for the eyes, eyes will focus 3-5’ away. Object in sky will appear smaller, thus farther away.

Refocus by looking at wing tips

Question 5

Autokinesis

Answer 5

Single light in an area with no other references. Minute involuntary movement of the eye make it appear to be moving. Can induce vertigo

Question 6

False horizons

Answer 6

Few lights can blend in with stars

Sloping cloud tops

Question 7

Somatogravic illusion

Answer 7

Acceleration illusion pitch up deceleration pitch down

Question 8

Hazardous attitudes

Answer 8

Anti-authority, Impulsivity, Invulnerability, Machoism, Resignation

Question 9

Hypoxic Hypoxia

Answer 9

Insufficient oxygen and insufficient pressure in lungs.

High altitude

Question 10

Stagnant hypoxia

Answer 10

Blood carrying oxygen is prevented from moving through the body

Sitting for long periods, high G loading

Question 11

Anaemic hypoxia

Answer 11

Blood is unable to absorb oxygen

Carbon monoxide poisoning,

Question 12

Hystoxic hypoxia

Answer 12

Organs and tissues not able to absorb oxygen

Alcohol consumption

Question 13

Symptoms of hypoxia may include

Answer 13

Euphoria, tingling, numbness, dizziness/drowsiness, visual impairment, fatigue, headache, nausea, hunger, hot/cold flashes, poor coordination/reaction time, poor judgment, rapid breathing, blue lips/finger tips

Question 14

Donating blood

Answer 14

Do not fly for 48 hrs

Possibility of anaemic hypoxia, lack of hemoglobin in blood to transport oxygen

Question 15

Hypoxia at night

Answer 15

Can be felt as low as 5,000’

Question 16

How long after an anaesthetic procedure can you not act as flight crew?

Answer 16

24 hours

Question 17

Time of useful consciousness 10,18,20,25,30 thousand feet

Answer 17

At 10,000’ Hours, at 18,000’ 20 min, at 20,000’ 5-12 min, at 25,000’ 3-5 min, at 30,000’ 1-2 min

Question 18

Rapid ascent, lowering of baro pressure allows nitrogen to form bubbles in blood, joints and muscles causing pain and cramps. This is called

Answer 18

Bends

Question 19

IMSAFE

Answer 19

Illness
Medication
Stress
Alcohol 
Fatigue 
Eating

Question 20

If the seat is not adjusted correctly it can cause

Answer 20

If the seat is high you will be high if the seat is low you will be low.

Question 21

What affect does EWH have on the placement of VASI and PAPI?

Answer 21

The greater eye to wheel height the farther upwind from the threshold

Question 22

What is the primary part of the eye that plays a role in the focussing process?

Answer 22

Light first passes through the cornea