Aeronautical Decision Making

Question 1

What are the 3 Ps

Answer 1

Percive
Process
Perform

Question 2

5P Checklist

Answer 2

Plan
Plane
Pilot
Passenger
Programming

Question 3

Decide Checklist

Answer 3

Detect the problem
Estimate the need to react
Choose a course of action
Identify solutions
Evaluate the effect of actions

Question 4

Pave Checklist

Answer 4

Pilot
Aircraft
enViornment
External Pressure

Question 5

checklist to make sure that you are safe to fly

Answer 5

Illness
Medication
Stress
Alcohol
Fatigue
Emotions

Question 6

Requirement’s for drinking alcohol then flying

Answer 6

8Hr FAA
12Hr L3
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Cannot be under the influence

Question 7

Different types of fatigue

Answer 7

Acute
Chronic

Question 8

Spatial Disorientation

Answer 8

Lack of regard to position, altitude, or movement of airplane in space

Question 9

Landing Illusions

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What does Rain, Haze, and Fog feel like when flying? What does the pilot do to correct?

Answer 10

Rain- Being to high
Haze- Far away
Fog- Pitched up
Pitch down

Question 11

What are the physical conditions a pilot or passenger could expereince in flight?

Answer 11

Motion Sickness
Drugs
Hypoxia
Carbon Monoxide
Hyperventilation
Oxygen requirements
Sinus Block
Ear Block
Night vision
Scuba diving

Question 12

What does motion sickness feel like and what is it caused by?

Answer 12

Misinterpretation from conflicting signals from the inner ear and eye. Can feel nausea, dizziness, sweating, vomiting.

Question 13

What is carbonmoxide and why would it happen to us

Answer 13

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.

Question 14

Hyperventilation Cause and symtoms and how to help

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Oxygen requirements and recommendations

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Night vision length to be adjusted

Answer 16

30 minutes

Question 17

Scuba diving- Why bad? Requirements after?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Hypoxic

Answer 18

Blood cant get enough oxygen
Altitude prevents oxygen from passing into the lungs
(Cant Get)

Question 19

Hypemic Cause and what to do

Answer 19

Blood hemoglobin cant carry enough oxygen
Blocked by Carbon Monoxide
Shut off cabin heat
(CANT Carry)

Question 20

Stagnant

Answer 20

Circulation
High G’s, cold, heart problems
Cant Circulate
Straight level flight
(Cant Circulate)

Question 21

Histotoxic

Answer 21

Body cant useenough oxygen
Drugs/Alcohol
(Cant Use)

Question 22

Symtoms of Hypoxia

Answer 22

Headache
Euphoria
Light-headedness
Impaired Judgement
Drowsniess
Visual Impairment
Dizziness
Consiousness
Cyanosis

Question 23

When can windows be open on plane

Answer 23

Vne

Question 24

Vestibular System

Answer 24

Organs found in the inner ear that sense position by the way we are balanced

Question 25

Somotosensory System

Answer 25

Nerves in the skin, muscles, and joints along with hearing sense position on gravity feeling and sound

Question 26

Visual system

Answer 26

Eyes- Which sense position on what is seen

Question 27

Inversion
Feeling? Reaction?

Answer 27

Abrupt change from climb to straight and level.
Tumbling back feeling
Pilot will push airplane in nose low attitude

Question 28

Coriolis

Answer 28

Abrupt head movement in a prolonged constant rate turn
Pilot thinks the plane is doing a maneuver that it is not supposed to

Question 29

Elevator

Answer 29

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

Question 30

False Horizon

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Leans

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Autokenisis

Answer 32

A stationary light will appear to move if stared at for too long
Pilot could lose control if trying to allign with lights

Question 33

Graveyard Spin/Spiral

Answer 33

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.

Question 34

Somotogravic vision

Answer 34

During takeoff it creates an illusion of being nose up. The pilot may push the aircraft into a nose-low or dive attitude

Question 35

Sinus Block

Answer 35

during ascent or decent pressue in sinus cavities should equalize with cabin pressure. pain is caused when you have a cold

Question 36

Ear Block

Answer 36

The tube that connects the inner and outer part of your ear sometimes does not equalize with decent.
Remedies include yawing, chewing, swallowing