Ground lesson 35 (23) - IFR decision making and flight planning

IFR decision making

• Decision-making process
• Ground Lesson: Human factors and physiology
• IFR accidents
• Poor judgment chain
• Ground Lesson: Human factors and physiology
• Assessing risk
• Ground Lesson: Human factors and physiology
• Pilot-in-command responsibility
• Ground Lesson: Human factors and physiology
• Hazardous attitudes
• Ground Lesson: Human factors and physiology
• Crew relationships
• Ground Lesson: Human factors and physiology
• Communication
• Ground Lesson: Human factors and physiology
• Resource use
• Ground Lesson: Human factors and physiology
• Workload management
• Ground Lesson: Human factors and physiology
• Situational awareness
• Ground Lesson : Human factors and physiology
• Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT)

IFR flight planning

• Route selection
• Select  rout with smoothest transition from departure → enroute, enroute → approach
• Flight information publications
• Weather considerations
• Do a thorough weather check for your whole route
• Altitude selection
• At least the MEA
• Completing the navigation log
• Filing the flight plan
• Closing the IFR flight plan