Commercial Decision Making

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Commercial Decision Making
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Commercial Opns

• Need to focus on safety
• Decisions may not be popular
• Never base inflight decisions on how it will
  affect your career

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Aeronautical Decision Making
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Aeronautical Decision Making

• Systematic approach to the mental process used by
  pilots to consistently determine the best course
  of action in response to a given set of
  circumstances

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Aeronautical Decision Making

• Aeronautical Decision Making for Commercial
  Pilots 629.13252 N277c

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DECIDE Model
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DECIDE Model

• Detect

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DECIDE Model

• Detect That a change has occurred

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DECIDE Model

• Detect
• Estimate

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DECIDE Model

• Detect
• Estimate The need to counter or react to the
  change

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DECIDE Model

• Detect
• Estimate
• Choose

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DECIDE Model

• Detect
• Estimate
• Choose The desired outcome for the success of the
  flight

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DECIDE Model

• Detect
• Estimate
• Choose
• Identify

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DECIDE Model

• Detect
• Estimate
• Choose
• Identify Actions which can successfully control
  the change

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DECIDE Model

• Detect
• Estimate
• Choose
• Identify
• Do

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DECIDE Model

• Detect
• Estimate
• Choose
• Identify
• Do The necessary action to adapt to the change

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DECIDE Model

• Detect
• Estimate
• Choose
• Identify
• Do
• Evaluate

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DECIDE Model

• Detect
• Estimate
• Choose
• Identify
• Do
• Evaluate The effect of the action

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DECIDE Model

• Detect That a change has occurred
• Estimate The need to counter or react
• Choose A desired outcome
• Identify Actions that can control the Change
• Do What necessary to adapt to change
• Evaluate The effect of the action

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Risk Management
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Risk Management

• Relies on situational awareness, problem
  recognition, and good judgment to reduce risks
  associated with each flight

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Hazardous Attitudes
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Hazardous Attitudes

• Anti-authority

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Antidote

• Follow the rules. They are usually right.

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Hazardous Attitudes

• Anti-authority
• Impulsive

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Antidote

• Not so fast. Think first.

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Hazardous Attitudes

• Anti-authority
• Impulsive
• Invulnerability

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Antidote

• It could happen to me.

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Hazardous Attitudes

• Anti-authority
• Impulsive
• Invulnerability
• Machoism

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Antidote

• Taking chances is foolish.

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Hazardous Attitudes

• Anti-authority
• Impulsive
• Invulnerability
• Machoism
• Resignation

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Antidote

• Im not helpless. I can make a difference.

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Right Stuff
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Right Stuff

• The basic drive to demonstrate the right stuff
  can have an adverse effect on safety and can
  impose an unrealistic assessment of piloting
  skills under stressful conditions

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Stress Management
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Stress Management

• Since many of the stress coping techniques
  practiced for life stress management are not
  usually practiced in flight, you must condition
  yourself to relax and think rationally when
  stress occurs.

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Dangerous Tendencies

• Peer Pressure
• Get-there itis
• Loss of positional or situational awareness
• Operating without adequate fuel reserves

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PIC Responsibilities

• Flight Operation Manual
• Operations Specifications
• Crew Relationships

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PIC Responsibilities

• Communication
• Briefings
• duties PF PNF
• Checklist
• Sterile Cockpit Workload Management

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PIC Responsibilities

• Planning
• Prioritizing
• Situation Awareness
• CFIT

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Resource Use

• Internal Resources
• IFR charts
• VFR charts
• Autopilot
• FO _____Flight Attendants
• other Crew Members

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Resource Use

• External Resources
• Dispatch personnel
• Maintenance technicians
• Baggage Handlers
• Gate personnel
• Flight Service Stations
• Controllers

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CRM

• LOFT
• Line Oriented Flight Training

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GA Accidents

• Accidents Exposure
• Preflight/Taxi 3.5
• Takeoff/Climb 23.4 2
• Climb 3.3 13
• Cruise 15.7 60

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GA Accidents

• Accidents Exposure
• Descent 2.6 10
• Maneuvering 13.0 11
• Approach 9.7 3
• Landing 24.1 1

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Judgment

• Poor judgment chain