This category introduces automated flight control in the advanced avionics cockpit. You will learn to use an autopilot system that can significantly reduce workload during critical phases of flight. The two-axis autopilot system installed in most general aviation aircraft controls the pitch and roll of the aircraft. The autopilot can operate independently, controlling heading and altitude, or it can be coupled to a navigation system and fly a programmed course or an approach with glideslope. In addition to learning how to use the autopilot, you must also learn when to use it and when not to use it.
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- Defining Elements of Risk Management (Part One)
- Defining Elements of Risk Management (Part Two)
- Managing Risks
- Human Behavior
- Identifying Hazards and Mitigating Risk (Part One)
- Identifying Hazards and Mitigating Risk (Part Two)
- Identifying Hazards and Mitigating Risk (Part Three)
- Assessing Risk
- Aeronautical Decision-Making: A Basic Staple
- Analytical and Automatic Decision Making
- Operational Pitfalls (Part One)
- Operational Pitfalls (Part Two)
- 3P Model
- Single-Pilot Resource Management – Recognition of Hazards
- Single-Pilot Resource Management – Use of Resources
- Single-Pilot Resource Management and the 5P Check (Part One)
- Single-Pilot Resource Management and the 5P Check (Part Two)
- Automation – Cockpit Automation Study
- Automation – Realities of Automation
- Automation – Enhanced Situational Awareness
- Automation – Autopilot Systems
- Automation – Flight Management Skills
- Risk Management Training (Part One)
- Risk Management Training (Part Two)
The information found in this section is based upon the information found in the Risk Management Handbook published by the FAA.
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