Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM)

Anti Authority, Impulsivity, Macho, Resignation, and Invulnerability. Poor situational awareness, snap judgments, and lack of a decision making process. Poor risk management and lack of stress management.

Do it quickly to get it over with. It could happen to me. Not so fast, think first.

Checklists. Situational awareness. Flying outside the envelope.

Follow the rules. Rules do not apply in this situation. I know what I am doing.

Application of stress management and risk element procedures. Situational awareness, problem recognition, and good judgment. The mental process of analyzing all information in a particular situation and making a timely decision on what action to take.

Someone else is responsible. What is the use? I am not helpless.

Macho. Invulnerability. Impulsivity.

Risk Management. Crew Resource Management. Safety Management System.

The news station does not need to make any changes; there are times that an accident is unavoidable. The news station should implement a policy of no more than five crashes/incidents within 6 months. The news station should recognize hazardous ...

The FAA. The pilot. The medical examiner.