Risk Management Handbook
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Introduction to Risk Management
This chapter introduces the concept of risk management in aviation, emphasizing its importance in helping pilots make safer decisions.
Personal Minimums
To enhance safety, pilots are encouraged to develop personal minimums—stricter, self-imposed limits based on their own experience, proficiency, and comfort levels.
Identifying Hazards & Associated Risks
This chapter clarifies the key safety concepts of hazard and risk. A hazard is any condition that could lead to an accident, while risk is the likelihood and severity of the consequences if that hazard leads to an incident.
Assessing Risk
This chapter focuses on the process of evaluating the level of risk posed by identified hazards.
Mitigating Risk
This chapter explains how risk mitigation helps reduce the likelihood and severity of hazards. Pilots should take steps to lower high (red) and serious (yellow) risks before a flight—if a hazard can not be mitigated, the safest decision may be not to go.
Threat & Error Management
This chapter focuses on managing unexpected threats and errors that arise during flight. While preflight risk management helps prepare for known hazards, real-time decision-making is critical once airborne.
Automation & Flight Path Management
This chapter explores how aircraft automation can enhance safety by reducing pilot workload and improving situational awareness when used correctly.
Aeronautical Decision-Making in Flight
This chapter focuses on developing and applying aeronautical decision-making (ADM) skills during flight. ADM helps pilots recognize and respond to changing conditions, unforeseen challenges, and in-flight risks.