Airline pilots consult company guidelines when it comes to go/no-go decisions for any given flight. But general aviation pilots are mostly left to their own judgment when deciding about an upcoming flight. And pressure from work or passenger schedules can influence that decision and make it outright difficult to adequately assess the flight’s safety. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to tap into a knowledge base to sort out the risk factors?
Enter the AOPA Air Safety Foundation’s Flight Risk Evaluator, recently launched on ASF’s website. This nifty application provides general aviation pilots with a formal approach of judging the safety of a proposed flight. The go/no-go choices are still up to the pilot—and because the feedback is based on the pilot’s profile and expected flight conditions, the decisions are meaningful to the planned flight operation.
The Flight Risk Evaluator is made up of three sections: An entertaining introduction to learn about flight risk elements; a quick evaluation and personalized list of guidelines based on just a few details; and a detailed evaluation, which rates the flight’s safety across several areas based on more extensive information about the runway, airport environment, weather, aircraft, and pilot proficiency.
Risk evaluation and management is crucial to the safety of every flight, whether you have logged thousands of hours or recently began learning to fly. Check out this new tool before flying.
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