Assignment # 02

AERONAUTICAL DECISION MAKING

Presented by: ZAHID ABBAS.

Roll no: 190721

Class: BSAvM-5B

Presented to: Sir SABAHAT ALI.

Situation # 01
Nearing the end of a long flight, your destination airport is reporting a ceiling of 600 feet

and ½ mile visibility, in fog and haze. You have just heard another aircraft miss the approach (ILS

minimums are 200 and ½). You decide to attempt the ILS approach. Why do you make the attempt?

a. Ceiling and visibility estimates are often not accurate.

b. You are a better pilot than the one who just missed the approach.

c. You might as well try, you can’t change the weather.

d. You are tired and just want to land

e. You’ve always been able to complete approaches under these circumstances in the past.

ANSWER:

Option (a). Ceiling and visibility estimates are often not accurate

Hazardous Attitude RESIGNATION: “What’s the use?”

Pilots who think, “What’s the use?” do not see themselves as being able to make a great deal of difference in
what happens to them. When things go well, the pilot is apt to think that it is good luck. When things go badly,
the pilot may feel that someone is out to get them or attribute it to bad luck.

Antidote

I’m not helpless. I can make a difference

Option (b) You are a better pilot than the one who just missed the approach.

(e) You’ve always been able to complete approaches under these circumstances in the past.

These are hazardous attitudes MACHO. “I can do it.”

Pilots who are always trying to prove that they are better than anyone else think, “I can do it—I'll show them.”

Antidote
Its antidote is don’t take unnecessary risk.

Option (c). You might as well try, you can’t change the weather

Hazardous Attitude RESIGNATION: “What’s the use?”

Pilots who think, “What’s the use?” do not see themselves as being able to make a great deal of difference in
what happens to them. When things go well, the pilot is apt to think that it is good luck. When things go badly,
the pilot may feel that someone is out to get them or attribute it to bad luck.

Antidote

I’m not helpless. I can make a difference.

Option (d) You are tired and just want to land

Hazardous attitude IMPULSIVITY. “Do it quickly.”

This is the attitude of people who frequently feel the need to do something, anything, immediately. They do not
stop to think about what they are about to do, they do not select the best alternative, and they do the first thing
that comes to mind

Antidote

Antidote (Not so fast. Think first).

Option (e) You’ve always been able to complete approaches under these circumstances in the past.

Hazardous attitude INVULNERBILITY. “It won’t happen to me.”

Many people falsely believe that accidents happen to others, but never to them. They know accidents can
happen, and they know that anyone can be affected. However, they never really feel or believe that they will be
personally involved.

Antidote

Antidote (It could happen to me).

SITUATION 2:

You plan an important business flight under instrument conditions in an aircraft with no

deicing equipment. You’ll be flying through an area in which light to moderate rime or mixed icing in

clouds, and precipitation above the freezing level has been forecast. You decide to make the trip,

thinking:

a. You believe that your altitudes enroute can be adjusted to avoid ice accumulation.

b. You’ve been in this situation many times, and nothing has happened.

c. You must get to the business meeting in two hours and can’t wait.

d. You do not allow an icing forecast to stop you; weather briefers are usually overly cautious.

e. There’s nothing you can do about atmospheric conditions.

Answer:

Option (a). You believe that your altitudes enroute can be adjusted to avoid ice accumulation.

These are hazardous attitudes MACHO. “I can do it.”

Pilots who are always trying to prove that they are better than anyone else think, “I can do it—I'll show them.”

Antidote

Its antidote is don’t take unnecessary risk.

Option (B) You’ve been in this situation many times, and nothing has happened.

Hazardous attitude INVULNERBILITY. “It won’t happen to me.”

Many people falsely believe that accidents happen to others, but never to them. They know accidents can
happen, and they know that anyone can be affected. However, they never really feel or believe that they will be
personally involved.
Antidote

Antidote (It could happen to me).

Option (c). You must get to the business meeting in two hours and can’t wait.

Hazardous attitude IMPULSIVITY. “Do it quickly.”

This is the attitude of people who frequently feel the need to do something, anything, immediately. They do not
stop to think about what they are about to do, they do not select the best alternative, and they do the first thing
that comes to mind

Antidote

Antidote (Not so fast. Think first).

Option (D) You do not allow an icing forecast to stop you; weather briefers are usually overly cautious

Hazardous attitude ANTI AUTHORITY. “Don’t tell me.”

This attitude is found in people who do not like anyone telling them what to do. In a sense, they are saying, “No
one can tell me what to do.”

Antidote

Antidote (follow the rules. They are usually right).

Option (e). There’s nothing you can do about atmospheric conditions

Hazardous Attitude RESIGNATION: “What’s the use?”

Pilots who think, “What’s the use?” do not see themselves as being able to make a great deal of difference in
what happens to them. When things go well, the pilot is apt to think that it is good luck. When things go badly,
the pilot may feel that someone is out to get them or attribute it to bad luck.

Antidote

I’m not helpless. I can make a difference

SITUATION 3

You arrive at the airport for a flight with a friend and plan to meet his friend who is arriving

on a commercial airplane at your destination. The airplane you scheduled has been grounded for

avionics repairs. You are offered another airplane equipped with unfamiliar avionics. You depart on an

instrument flight without a briefing on the unfamiliar equipment. Why?

a. If the avionics are so difficult to operate, the FBO would not have offered the plane as a substitute.

b. You are in a hurry to make the scheduled arrival.

c. Avionics checkouts are not usually necessary.

d. You do not want to admit that you are not familiar with the avionics.

e. You probably won’t need to use those radios anyway.

Answer:

Option (a). Hazardous Attitude RESIGNATION: “What’s the use?”

Pilots who think, “What’s the use?” do not see themselves as being able to make a great deal of difference in
what happens to them. When things go well, the pilot is apt to think that it is good luck. When things go badly,
the pilot may feel that someone is out to get them or attribute it to bad luck.

Antidote

I’m not helpless. I can make a difference.

Option (B) You are in a hurry to make the scheduled arrival.

Hazardous attitude IMPULSIVITY. Do it quickly.”

This is the attitude of people who frequently feel the need to do something, anything, immediately. They do not
stop to think about what they are about to do, they do not select the best alternative, and they do the first thing
that comes to mind

Antidote

Antidote (Not so fast. Think first).

Option (C) Avionics checkouts are not usually necessary.

Hazardous attitude ANTI AUTHORITY. “Don’t tell me.”

This attitude is found in people who do not like anyone telling them what to do. In a sense, they are saying, “No
one can tell me what to do.”

Antidote

Antidote (follow the rules. They are usually right).

Option (D) You do not want to admit that you are not familiar with the avionics

hazardous attitudes MACHO. “I can do it.”

Pilots who are always trying to prove that they are better than anyone else think, “I can do it—I'll show them.”

Antidote

Its antidote is don’t take unnecessary risk

Option (e). You probably won’t need to use those radios anyway.

Hazardous attitude INVULNERBILITY. “It won’t happen to me.”

Many people falsely believe that accidents happen to others, but never to them. They know accidents can
happen, and they know that anyone can be affected. However, they never really feel or believe that they will be
personally involved.

Antidote

Antidote (It could happen to me