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A101- Safety
DA20 A101-Safety
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Aviation
Graduate
10/16/2013

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1. 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?
Definition
Scud running
Term
The most effective method of scanning for other aircraft for collision avoidance during daylight hours is to use
Definition
a series of short, regularly spaced eye movements to search each 10-degree sector
Term
What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude such as “Impulsivity”?
Definition
Not so fast, think first
Term

What is the one common factor which affects most preventable accidents?

Definition
Human error
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What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as “Antiauthority”?

Definition
Follow the rules
Term
Hazardous attitudes occur to every pilot to some degree at some time. What are some of these hazardous attitudes?
Definition
Antiauthority, impulsivity, macho, resignation, and invulnerability
Term
Risk management, as part of the aeronautical decision making process (ADM), relies on which features to reduce the risks associated with each flight?
Definition
Situational awareness, problem recognition, and good judgement
Term
What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as “Macho”?
Definition
Taking chances is foolish
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Which technique should a pilot use to scan for traffic to the right and left during straight-and-level flight?
Definition
Systematically focus on different segments of the sky for short intervals
Term
.  What often leads to spatial disorientation or collision with ground/obstacles when flying under Visual Flight Rules (VFR)?
Definition
Continual flight into instrument conditions
Term
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?
Definition
The pilot
Term
What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as “Invulnerability”?
Definition
It could happen to me
Term
What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as “Resignation”?
Definition
I am not helpless
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In the aeronautical decision making process (ADM), what is the first step in neutralizing a hazardous attitude?
Definition
Recognizing hazardous thoughts
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What is one of the neglected items when a pilot relies on short and long term memory for repetitive tasks?
Definition
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