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ASI TIPS /
Human factors
Think you're airworthy? How's your mental health?
BY TERRIE MEAD
The human factor is a variable. In
other words, a pilot's mental state is prone
to fluctuation. They must, therefore, be
mindful of that immutable fact to ensure
safe flight, and recognize and include it in
their preflight planning.
Even setting personal worries aside,
the time we live in now is at a historic
level of anxiety. Consequently, the need
for normalcy may override the pilot's
obligation to tune in to their mental state
before engaging in demanding activities
like flying. Pilots must recognize the
effects of stress on their body and mind,
and factor these into their go/no-go decision-making
process.
Before your next flight ask yourself,
am I airworthy? The IMSAFE checklist
is the best tool for pilots to judge their
physical and mental condition. The S in
the acronym stands for stress. A few of
its characteristic signs are memory loss,
headaches, fatigue, stomach discomfort,
and increased heart rate. As Jeter
discovered, stress is difficult to detect in
ourselves, and when it is poorly managed,
the consequences can be devastating.
terrie.mead@aopa.org
EVERY PILOT LEARNS that meticulous
preparation before boarding the aircraft
is the most effective method for avoiding
in-flight mistakes. But do all pilots give
equal weight to each of the three facets
of thorough preflight planning?
A comprehensive preflight checklist
includes the aircraft, the flight environment,
and the human factor. The human
factor determines a pilot's airworthiness;
that is, their physical and psychological
fitness. Pilots often neglect or even
disregard their mental health as an integral
consideration of a preflight brief.
Nonetheless, flight safety depends on
an aviator's ability to assess honestly the
state of their own mental wellness.
In a short documentary the AOPA Air
Safety Institute released in 2012, a grieving
father recounted the tragic events
of the previous year when a gear-down
misstep in his floatplane resulted in the
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death of his son. No Greater Burden is Russ
Jeter's real pilot story, but it is more than
one of an airplane accident or one of loss.
" I think pilots tend to be more confident
than the average person, " Jeter said
in the video. " I'd like to reach those people
who believe it's never going to happen to
me. Well, make sure it doesn't because it's
nowhere you want to go. "
Since January 22, 2011, Jeter has traveled
many nautical miles pondering a
million whys and what-ifs with specialists
in various fields, including a U.S. Navy
Seal psychologist.
" The other thing we talked about
was the mental impact of having lost my
mother, and I was unaware of the insomnia
and how much that was affecting
me, " Jeter said. His mother's death 12
days earlier had triggered stress-induced
insomnia, which led to his chronic fatigue
on that horrible day, Jeter concluded.
Mental Health: Insights and
Guidelines for GA Pilots
recorded webinar
This candid conversation with the FAA's
director of Medical Specialties Division
focuses on how pilots can ensure appropriate
treatment for mental health
concerns while actively flying. It also
addresses how pilots and their physicians,
AMEs, and mental health providers
can work together to get them flying.
airsafetyinstitute.org/MentalHealth
Insights
'No Greater Burden' video
Living with the consequences of an aircraft
accident is hard. Living with the loss
of a son is excruciating. In this special
video presentation, ASI takes a sobering
look at one pilot's personal tragedy,
the devastation it wrought, and the lessons
all of us can take from it.
airsafetyinstitute.org/nogreaterburden
http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/MentalHealthInsights http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/MentalHealthInsights http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/nogreaterburden

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