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This is a thorough and detailed program of
instruction in helicopter pilot judgment and decision-making. It
was written by Transport Canada and the FAA as a joint effort to
present an instruction program for dealing with the root cause of
most helicopter accidents: poor decision-making by helicopter
pilots. The book outlines the causes of helicopter accidents, and
shows the pilot how common, everyday pilot attitudes are the cause
of these accidents. The causes are not unexpected, nor unusual.
Actual operational accidents and incidents are used as examples to
explain the underlying principles. Most helicopter pilots are
completely unaware that common, everyday attitudes can be the
source of so much trouble. Chapter headings are:
- Instroduction to Decision Making
- Judgment Concepts
- Rotorcraft Risk Assessment
- Self-assessment of Hazardous Attitudes
- Reinforcement through Repitition
- Antidotes for Hazardous Attitudes
- Identifying & Reducing Stress
- Headwork
- Applying Decision Making Concepts
- Identifying "The Enemy"
- Summary & Appendices
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