Many private pilots use checklists to be ‘on the safe side’. Beside of that there is also other tools in order to increase safety in flying. Why briefings are important and how you could benefit will be covered here.
Category: Aviation Safety
Safety in aviation and related concepts
Multicrew procedures for private pilots
MCC / multi crew cooperation (or coordination) is usually known from commercial aviation. So you might think that this is not interesting for private pilots – but this is wrong.
Pattern matching & frequency gambling
A basic function within the human decision making process is “pattern matching” and “frequency gambling”. For a human being it is an easy way of dealing with familiar and new situations.
Rasmussen’s SRK Model
This model describes human behaviour and decision making in a man-machine environment and the resulting errors. It defines three different levels of activity.
Swiss Cheese model in aviation
Explanation of the swiss cheese model – a model describing how accidents in aviation happen.
