CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 2 - 33

CFI TOOLS
You may also recommend flight risk assessment tools that
will help your students and clients make well-informed
go, no/go decisions such as the 3Ps (Perceive, Process, and
Perform) and PAVE (Pilot, Aircraft, enVironment, and
External Pressure) tools.
A critical warning for all pilots? If it's a Go stick to the plan
to divert or abort if weather worsens. A pilot who decides
to " just take a look " may convince themselves that things
will get better farther into the flight, only to be tempted
deeper into worsening weather (see " Bail Out When You
Said You Would, " Spring 2022 CFI to CFI-Volume 13
Issue 1).
A PILOT WHO DECIDES TO " JUST TAKE A LOOK " MAY
CONVINCE THEMSELVES THAT THINGS WILL GET
BETTER FARTHER INTO THE FLIGHT, ONLY TO BE
TEMPTED DEEPER INTO WORSENING WEATHER.
Teaching pilots about escaping VFR into IMC can be life
saving, so make that part of their training. Generally, we
are taught to conduct a 180-degree turn to better weather
conditions left behind. That could work if making the
turn before entering the clouds. Another option could be
to climb straight-ahead-no turns and a light touch on the
flight controls-until clear of the clouds. This requires
little head movement to avoid experiencing spatial
disorientation. In addition, instill in your students and
clients to declare an emergency with ATC. Controllers
trained on VFR into IMC flight emergencies can help find
better weather to escape to.
Machteld Smith is an aviation technical writer for the
AOPA Air Safety Institute. She holds a commercial pilot
certificate with multiengine, instrument, and seaplane
ratings. She loves flying seaplanes and the adventure of
landing on rivers and lakes!
Email: machteld.smith@aopa.org
or cfinewsletter@aopa.org
ASI's Campaign
Because every year, pilots continue to
inadvertently fly VFR into IMC, the Air Safety
Institute decided to address this persistent
problem and created a campaign for 2022 called
VFR into IMC: Avoidance and Escape. At the
center of this campaign is a new VFR into IMC
Safety Spotlight that includes the Air Safety
Institute's research and analysis on this deadly
phenomenon, and based on those findings, the
spotlight provides extensive recommendations
for alternative ways to teach VFR into IMC
escape. Explore the spotlight that will put those
recommendations in perspective.
The campaign provides widespread education
and outreach about the deadly VFR into IMC
trap. Protect yourself and your students from
inadvertent VFR flight into IMC-one of the top
five fatal general aviation accidents. Visit AOPA's
Air Safety Institute VFR Into IMC: Avoidance and
Escape resources to help you learn how and share
the resources with your students.

https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/air-safety-institute/vfr-into-imc-avoidance-and-escape https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/air-safety-institute/vfr-into-imc-avoidance-and-escape https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/cfi_vol13issue1/index.php#/p/11 https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/cfi_vol13issue1/index.php#/p/11 https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/air-safety-institute/vfr-into-imc-avoidance-and-escape https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/online-learning/safety-spotlights/vfr-into-imc https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/online-learning/safety-spotlights/vfr-into-imc https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/air-safety-institute/vfr-into-imc-avoidance-and-escape https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/air-safety-institute/vfr-into-imc-avoidance-and-escape

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