时间:2011-04-05 11:32来源:蓝天飞行翻译 作者:航空 点击:次
To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.124 or greater is installed. RESIGNATION Some of the elements pilots face cannot be controlled. Although we cannot control the weather, we do have some very good tools to help predict what it will do, and how it can affect our ability to fly safely. Good pilots always make decisions that will keep their options open if an unexpected event occurs while flying. One of the greatest resources we have in the cockpit is the ability to improvise and improve the overall situation even when a risk element jeopardizes the probability of a successful flight. Consider the following scenario. Judi flies her gyroplane out of a small grass strip on her family’s ranch. Although the rugged landscape of the ranch lends itself to the remarkable scenery, it leaves few places to safely land in the event of an emergency. The only suitable place to land other than the grass strip is to the west on a smooth section of the road leading to the house. During Judi’s training, her traffic patterns were always made with left turns. Figuring this was how she was to make all traffic patterns, she applied this to the grass strip at the ranch. In addition, she was uncomfortable with making turns to the right. Since, the wind at the ranch was predominately from the south, this meant that the traffic pattern was to the east of the strip. Judi’s hazardous attitude is “resignation.” She has accepted the fact that her only course of action is to fly east of the strip, and if an emergency happens, there is not much she can do about it. The antidote to this hazardous attitude is “I’m not helpless, I can make a difference.” Judi could easily modify her traffic pattern so that she is always within gliding distance of a suitable landing area. In addition, if she was uncomfortable with a maneuver, she could get additional training. ANTI-AUTHORITY |