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PPL Pilot Health and Human Factors Flashcards

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  1. What does the acronym IMSAFE help a pilot evaluate before flight?

    Answer: Personal fitness via Illness, Medication, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, and Emotion/Eating

    IMSAFE is a personal fitness checklist covering Illness, Medication, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, and Emotion/Eating to help pilots honestly assess their readiness to fly.

  2. How many hours before acting as pilot in command must a pilot refrain from consuming alcohol per FAR 91.17?

    Answer: 8 hours

    FAR 91.17 prohibits flying within 8 hours of consuming any alcohol — commonly remembered as the '8 hours bottle to throttle' rule.

  3. What is spatial disorientation in aviation?

    Answer: A false sense of aircraft attitude caused by conflicting sensory inputs, most dangerous in IMC

    Spatial disorientation occurs when the vestibular and visual systems provide conflicting information about aircraft attitude, causing the pilot to feel a false sense of motion or bank.

  4. What makes hypoxia particularly dangerous to pilots?

    Answer: It impairs judgment and performance while the pilot may feel fine and be unaware of their own impairment

    Hypoxia is insidious because it degrades the pilot's ability to think clearly and make decisions while simultaneously impairing the self-awareness needed to recognize the problem.

  5. What are the effects of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning on a pilot?

    Answer: Headache, dizziness, and impaired judgment that can be mistaken for fatigue

    CO from exhaust leaks binds to hemoglobin far more readily than oxygen, causing subtle impairment including headache and confusion that pilots often attribute to fatigue.

  6. What is 'get-there-itis' in aviation?

    Answer: A hazardous attitude where goal-fixation causes a pilot to continue despite unsafe conditions

    Get-there-itis is a dangerous mindset where excessive fixation on reaching a destination leads pilots to rationalize or ignore hazardous weather, fatigue, or mechanical concerns.