Flight Safety Concepts

Question 1

Is being reliant a trait of a competent pilot?

Answer 1

Yes

Question 2

Is having a good personality a trait of a competent pilot?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

Is being friendly a trait of a competent pilot?

Answer 3

No

Question 4

If you have blank, you can perform a learned psychomotor act.

Answer 4

Skills

Question 5

What three things determine competency?

Answer 5

Skills - knowledge - attitude

Question 6

What are the three main components to threat and error management?

Answer 6

Threat - error - undesired aircraft state

Question 7

Is an external issue a threat or an error?

Answer 7

Threat

Question 8

Is an internal issue a threat or an error?

Answer 8

Error

Question 9

What definition is this : an external event that is beyond the influence of the flight crew?

Answer 9

Threat

Question 10

What are the three types of threat? (ULA)

Answer 10

Unexpected - latent - anticipated

Question 11

A rostering issue that causes tiredness is what type of threat?

Answer 11

Latent

Question 12

What type of threat is hidden?

Answer 12

A latent threat

Question 13

A thunderstorm 5 miles from the aircraft is what type of threat?

Answer 13

Anticipated

Question 14

What causes deviations to operational and organisational expectations?

Answer 14

An error

Question 15

What can a poorly managed threat lead to?

Answer 15

An error

Question 16

What are the three types of errors? (PAC man)

Answer 16

Procedures - Aircraft handling - Communication

Question 17

What type of error occurs when you ignore atc?

Answer 17

Communication

Question 18

What type of error occurs when pilots on an A380 point the side sticks in opposite directions?

Answer 18

Aircraft handling

Question 19

What are the three types of undesired aircraft state? (GIA)

Answer 19

Ground nav - Incorrect aircraft configuration - aircraft handling

Question 20

Which undesired aircraft state does unstable approach fit into? (Ground nav - Incorrect aircraft configuration - aircraft handling)

Answer 20

Aircraft handling

Question 21

If an undesiered aircraft state isn’t resolved, what occurs?

Answer 21

INCIDENT / CRASH

Question 22

Whats the difference between an incident and an accident?

Answer 22

Incident is minor whereas an accident is major

Question 23

Is ACAS “climb now” and example of a hard or soft counter measure?

Answer 23

Hard countermeaure

Question 24

What are the three types of soft countermeasures? (PER)

Answer 24

Planning - execution - review

Question 25

Before a flight, there is a crew briefing. What soft counter measure is this?

Answer 25

Planning

Question 26

What is the difference between a soft and hard countermeasure?

Answer 26

Hard measures are pre built onto the airframe.

Question 27

Crew Resource Management (CRM), a major countermeasure to error, has 3 lines of defence, what, are these? (MAT)

Answer 27

Mitigate, avoid, trap

Question 28

Avoidance is a countermeasure for error. What is an example of avoidance?

Answer 28

Planning

Question 29

Trapping is a countermeasure for error. How do you trap?

Answer 29

Dealing with an issue when it occurs.

Question 30

Mitigation is a countermeasure for error. What does mitigation do?

Answer 30

Its reduces/removing harmful impacts.

Question 31

Put these in error countermeasures in order from used in the most serious situation to the least serious situations : Mitigate, avoid, trap.

Answer 31

Mitigate, trap , avoid

Question 32

The SHELL MODEL establishes the relationship between 5 components of Human Factors. What are these?

Answer 32

Software - hardware - environment - live wire x 2

Question 33

Procedures, manuals, chart and checklists are what part of the SHELL MODEL?

Answer 33

Software

Question 34

Instruments and seats are what part of the SHELL MODEL?

Answer 34

Hardware.

Question 35

Temperature and ergonomics are what part of the SHELL MODEL?

Answer 35

Environment.

Question 36

Pilot tiredness and stress are what part of the SHELL MODEL?

Answer 36

Self or centred livewire

Question 37

The cabin crew are what part of the SHELL MODEL?

Answer 37

Other (N/A) livewire.

Question 38

How many links have to occur in an error chain before an accident?

Answer 38

Between 4 and 7.

Question 39

Safety culture is a blank of national culture.

Answer 39

Subset.

Question 40

British airways responds to 30 pieces of warnings from members of staff a day. What does this do to the companies safety culture?

Answer 40

Promotes an open culture towards safety culture.

Question 41

What type of culture occurs when people have the confidence to say when they believe there is a safety concern, without fear of blame?

Answer 41

Reporting culture

Question 42

When unintentional errors are not punished and there is a balance in regards to non-punitive / blame-free environment with accountability is what type of culture?

Answer 42

Just culture.

Question 43

If an organisation and the people in it are capable of adapting effectively to changing demands, then what type of culture do they promote?

Answer 43

Flexible culture.

Question 44

What type of culture allows people to make mistakes and make changes to remove mistakes in the future?

Answer 44

Learning culture.

Question 45

How is in charge of safety in a safety management system?

Answer 45

Accountable manager

Question 46

The errors resulting from an illogical indexing system in an operations manual are related, according to the SHELL model, to a conflict between live wire and what?

Answer 46

Sofware

Question 47

A First Officer forgot to switch the anti-icing on before reaching icing conditions. The Captain realises this and yells at the FO for it. Afterwards there is NO discussion about the occurrence. What type of culture is the Captain portraying?

Answer 47

Closed.