Flight deck management
The passenger briefing and the seat belt rule, checklists and when a memory item replaces one, baggage and loose items, automation and portable devices, inoperative equipment, and the passenger who talks at the wrong moment.
13 min read · Airport operations and procedures
After this lesson you can
- Brief passengers using the SAFETY list, and state what the regulation requires about seat belts and shoulder harnesses.
- Use a checklist the way the handbooks intend, including the emergency case where memory items come first.
- Secure baggage and loose items, and say what an unsecured load does to the airplane.
- Manage automation and portable electronic devices as a workload, not a convenience.
- Decide what to do with inoperative equipment before the flight, and manage passenger distractions during it.
- Recognize the aviation security concerns that attach to a general aviation ramp.
The Airplane Flying Handbook says situational awareness begins during preparation and only ends when the airplane is safely and securely returned to its tie-down or hangar. Flight deck management is the part of that span the ACS treats as its own task: the people, the paper, the loose objects and the electronics that share the cabin with the pilot, and what each one does to attention.
None of it is difficult. All of it is the kind of thing that is skipped when the flight feels routine, which is why the standards test it.
The rest of this lesson
- 1.The passenger briefing, and the seat belt rule behind it
- 2.Checklists: what they are for, and the moment memory comes first
- 3.Baggage, cargo, and the things that move
- 4.Automation and portable electronics: a workload to be managed
- 5.Inoperative equipment, and the passenger who chooses the wrong moment
- 6.Aviation security on a general aviation ramp
These 6 sections, their figures, the checks along the way and the end-of-lesson quiz come with the PPL track. Paid once, yours for good.
Key terms
Try to recall each definition before turning the card.