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Human Performance

2.10 Good advice

- If you doubt the outcome of a decision or your ability to assess the

situation you are in, seek help via radio immediately.

- Know the frequency where you can get help. Do not hesitate because you
are afraid of putting yourself in a bad light. False pride has cost many lives!

- Use the emergency frequency if in doubt. It is there to help the pilot.

- Abort the flight as soon as you feel you cannot assess the situation or feel
uncertain. Do not continue expecting things to improve on their own – you

have left it to chance!

- If you feel pressure from your surroundings, try to prevent it from affecting

your decisions.

- Remember, you are responsible for the decisions you make as the pilot-in-
command during a flight.

If you find yourself in a situation like
the one shown in the image, you have

left something to chance.

It might be a lack of situational

awareness, or a common

phenomenon called "get-there-itis" –

the decision to fly despite dangerous

weather.

Remember: It is better to sit at home wishing you were flying, than to fly in

bad weather wishing you were sitting at home.

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