RPC Crew Resource Management & Decision-Making 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which aeronautical decision-making (ADM) model specifically involves identifying hazardous attitudes and neutralizing them?
- DECIDE model
- 3P model
- IMSAFE checklist
- Antidote method (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Antidote method
The Antidote method pairs each of the five hazardous attitudes with a specific corrective thought to counteract it.
Question 2: A remote PIC notices the Visual Observer (VO) seems distracted and is not scanning effectively. The best CRM action is to:
- Continue the flight and monitor the VO's performance
- Immediately land and report the VO to the FAA
- Verbally re-brief the VO on their scanning responsibilities and confirm readiness (Correct answer)
- Replace the VO with another crew member mid-flight
Correct answer: Verbally re-brief the VO on their scanning responsibilities and confirm readiness
Good CRM requires actively communicating expectations and ensuring all crew members are performing their duties before continuing operations.
Question 3: The 'macho' hazardous attitude is best described as a pilot who:
- Feels pressure from others to complete a flight
- Believes they can handle any situation and takes unnecessary risks (Correct answer)
- Thinks nothing bad will ever happen to them personally
- Feels uncomfortable questioning an authority figure
Correct answer: Believes they can handle any situation and takes unnecessary risks
The macho attitude involves overconfidence and a tendency to prove one's abilities by taking unwarranted risks.
Question 4: During a sUAS flight, the remote PIC experiences a sudden task overload. The most effective immediate response is to:
- Increase altitude to buy more time
- Delegate lower-priority tasks to the VO and focus on aircraft control (Correct answer)
- Speed up all tasks to resolve them quickly
- Ignore non-critical tasks and continue normally
Correct answer: Delegate lower-priority tasks to the VO and focus on aircraft control
Delegating secondary tasks frees cognitive bandwidth so the remote PIC can prioritize aircraft control and safety.
Question 5: The concept of 'single-pilot resource management' (SRM) is relevant to sUAS operations because:
- Most Part 107 operations are conducted by a single remote PIC without a VO (Correct answer)
- All sUAS must be operated by at least two licensed pilots
- SRM only applies to manned aircraft cockpits
- The FAA requires SRM training for all drone pilots
Correct answer: Most Part 107 operations are conducted by a single remote PIC without a VO
Many drone operations involve just a remote PIC managing all resources alone, making SRM skills critical for safe outcomes.
Question 6: Which statement best reflects the 'resignation' hazardous attitude?
- 'I can handle this — I've done it before in worse conditions.'
- 'What's the point of following procedures? It won't matter anyway.' (Correct answer)
- 'Everyone else is flying today, so it must be safe.'
- 'I don't want to disappoint the client, so I'll fly despite the weather.'
Correct answer: 'What's the point of following procedures? It won't matter anyway.'
Resignation is characterized by a sense of futility and lack of motivation to follow safety procedures, believing outcomes are out of one's control.
Question 7: A remote PIC realizes mid-flight that a key pre-flight check was skipped. Using the DECIDE model, the first step is to:
- Execute the safest available action immediately
- Identify the problem clearly
- Consider all available options
- Detect that a change has occurred (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Detect that a change has occurred
In the DECIDE model, 'Detect' is the first step — recognizing that a change or problem exists that requires action.
RPC Crew Resource Management & Decision-Making 2
Which aeronautical decision-making (ADM) model specifically involves identifying hazardous attitudes and neutralizing them?