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A101
Safety; IFS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as "Antiauthority"? | Follow the rules. |
| What is the one common factor which affects most preventable accidents? | Human error. |
| Who is responsible for determining whether a pilot is fit to fly for a particular flight, even though he or she holds a current medical certificate? | The pilot. |
| What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as "Resignation"? | I am not helpless. |
| Which technique should a pilot use to scan for traffic to the right and left during straight-and-level flight? | Systematically focus on different segments of the sky for short intervals. |
| What is one of the neglected items when a pilot relies on short and long term memory for repetitive tasks? | Checklists. |
| What often leads to spatial disorientation or collision with ground/obstacles when flying under Visual Flight Rules (VFR)? | Continual flight into instrument conditions. |
| The most effective method of scanning for other aircraft for collision avoidance during daylight hours is to use | a series of short, regularly spaced eye movements to search each 10-degree sector. |
| What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as "Impulsivity"? | Not so fast, think first. |
| Risk management, as part of the aeronautical decision making process (ADM), relies on which features to reduce the risks associated with each flight? | Situational awareness, problem recognition, and good judgement. |
| In the aeronautical decision making process (ADM), what is the first step in neutralizing a hazardous attitude? | Recognizing hazardous thoughts. |
| Hazardous attitudes occur to every pilot to some degree at some time. What are some of these hazardous attitudes? | Antiauthority, impulsivity, macho, resignation, and invulnerability. |
| What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as "Invulnerability"? | It could happen to me. |
| What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as "Macho"? | Taking chances is foolish. |
| What is it often called when a pilot pushes his or her capabilities and the aircraft's limits by trying to maintain visual contact with the terrain in low visibility and ceiling? | Scud running. |