Elements and Performance Criteria
- Maintain situational awareness
- Continuous monitoring of all critical factors relevant to the safe progress of a flight is undertaken
- Effective visual scan is applied, and radio communication, traffic information and aircraft systems are used appropriately
- Trends towards an unsafe situations are recognised and appropriate corrective action is employed in accordance with workplace procedures and regulatory requirements
- Breakdown in situational awareness is identified from errors or discrepancies and is rectified by ensuring safe operation of aircraft and response to situation
- Assess situations and make decisions
- Problems are identified and analysed
- Solutions are identified and risks are assessed
- Course of action is chosen to ensure a safe outcome to a flight or manoeuvre
- Plan of action is communicated and tasks are allocated
- Actions are taken to achieve optimum outcomes
- Progress is monitored against plan
- Plan is re-evaluated to achieve optimum outcomes
- Operational changes and related risks are monitored and managed to ensure a safe outcome to a flight or manoeuvre
- Set priorities and manage tasks
- Priorities and workload are organised to ensure completion of all tasks relevant to flight safety
- Safe and effective operation of aircraft is prioritised ahead of competing tasks
- Technology is appropriately used to reduce workload and to improve ability to perform mental and manipulative activities
- Fixation on single actions/functions is avoided
- Symptoms of fatigue are recognised and appropriate action is taken to reduce its effects
- Critical events and tasks are anticipated and completed in time available
- Work with others in managing situational awareness
- Level of assertiveness is applied that ensures safe flight completion
- Effective and efficient communications and interpersonal relationships are established and maintained with all stakeholders to ensure safe flight outcome
- Passengers and crew members are encouraged to participate in and contribute to safe flight outcome
- Appropriate action is taken in conjunction with others to cooperatively correct any identified unsafe situations that may develop during an aircraft flight