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Company culture | |
Corporate/company management | |
Places safety before schedule | 20 |
CEO signs off on flight operations manual | 20 |
Maintains a centralized safety function | 20 |
Fosters reporting of all CFIT incidents without threat of discipline | 20 |
Fosters communication of hazards to others | 15 |
Requires standards for IFR currency and CRM training | 15 |
Places no negative connotation on a diversion or missed approach | 20 |
Flight standards | |
Specific procedures are written for | |
Reviewing approach or departure procedures charts | 10 |
Reviewing significant terrain along intended approach or departure course | 20 |
Maximizing the use of ATC radar monitoring | 10 |
Ensuring pilot(s) understand that ATC is using radar or radar coverage exists | 10 |
Altitude changes | 10 |
Ensuring checklist is complete before initiation of approach | 10 |
Abbreviated checklist for missed approach | 10 |
Briefing and observing MSA circles on approach charts as part of plate review | 10 |
Checking crossing altitudes at IAF positions | 10 |
Checking crossing altitudes at FAF and glideslope centering | 10 |
Independent verification by PNF of minimum altitude during stepdown DME (VOR/DME or LOC/DME) approach | 20 |
Requiring approach/departure procedure charts with terrain in color, shaded contour formats | 20 |
Radio-altitude setting and light-aural (below MDA) for backup on approach | 10 |
Independent charts for both pilots, with adequate lighting and holders | 10 |
Use of 500-foot altitude call and other enhanced procedures for NPA | 10 |
Ensuring a sterile (free from distraction) cockpit, especially during IMC/night approach or departure | 10 |
Crew rest, duty times, and other considerations especially for multiple-time-zone operations | 20 |
Periodic third-party or independent audit of procedures | 10 |
Route and familiarization checks for new pilots | |
Domestic | 10 |
International | 20 |
Airport familiarization aids, such as audiovisual aids | 10 |
First officer to fly night or IMC approaches and the captain to monitor the approach | 20 |
Jump-seat pilot (or engineer or mechanic) to help monitor terrain clearance and the approach in IMC or night conditions | 20 |
Insisting that you fly the way that you train | 25 |
Hazard awareness and training | |
Your company reviews training with the training department or training contractor | 10 |
Your company’s pilots are reviewed annually about the following Flight standards operating procedures | 20 |
Reasons for and examples of how the procedures can detect a CFIT “trap” | 30 |
Recent and past CFIT incidents/accidents | 50 |
Audiovisual aids to illustrate CFIT traps | 50 |
Minimum altitude definitions for MORA, MOCA, MSA, MEA, and so forth | 15 |
You have a trained flight safety officer who rides the jump seat occasionally | 25 |
You have flight safety periodicals that describe and analyze CFIT incidents | 10 |
You have an incident/exceedance review and reporting program | 20 |
Your organization investigates every instance in which minimum terrain clearance has been compromised | 20 |
You annually practice recoveries with GPWS in the simulator | 40 |
You train the way that you fly | 25 |
Aircraft equipment | |
Aircraft includes | |
Radio altimeter with cockpit display of full 2,500-foot range—captain only | 20 |
Radio altimeter with cockpit display of full 2,500-foot range—copilot | 10 |
First-generation GPWS | 20 |
Second-generation GPWS or better | 30 |
GPWS with all approved modifications, data tables, and service bulletins to reduce false warnings | 10 |
Navigation display and FMS | 10 |
Limited number of automated altitude callouts | 10 |
Radio-altitude automated callouts for nonprecision approach (not heard on ILS approach) and procedure | 10 |
Preselected radio altitudes to provide automated callouts that would not be heard during normal nonprecision approach | 10 |
Barometric altitudes and radio altitudes and radio altitudes to give automated “decision” or “minimums” callout | 10 |
An automated excessive “bank angle” callout | 10 |
Autoflight/vertical speed model | 10 |
Autoflight/vertical speed mode with no GPWS | 20 |
GPS or other long-range navigation equipment to supplement NDB-only approach | 15 |
Terrain-navigation display | 20 |
Ground-mapping radar | 10 |
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