Aviation Flight Academy™
GROUND LESSON 6: AEROMEDICAL FACTORS AND AERONAUTICAL DECISION MAKING (ADM)
Objective: To further develop the pilot’s knowledge of the medical factors related to flight and to the aeronautical decision-making (ADM) process.
Text References: Pilot Handbook, Study Unit 6, “Aeromedical Factors and Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM)” (34 pages) Commercial Pilot FAA Knowledge Test, Study Unit 6, “Aeromedical Factors and Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM)” (13 pages)
Content
Pilot Handbook
Study Unit 6 Contents Page(s)
6.1 Fitness for Flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327-331
6.2 Hypoxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331-333
6.3 Dehydration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
6.4 Hyperventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333-334
6.5 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning . . . . . . . . . 334-335
6.6 Decompression Sickness after Scuba Diving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
6.7 Motion Sickness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
6.8 Sinus and Ear Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
6.9 Spatial Disorientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
6.10 Illusions in Flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338-340
6.11 Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340-343
6.12 Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM) . . .343-349
6.13 Weather-Related Decision Making . . . . . 350-352
6.14 Stress and Flying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352-355
6.15 Identifying the Enemy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355-357
6.16 Single-Pilot Resource Management (SRM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357-360
Commercial Pilot FAA Knowledge Test No. of Study Unit 6 Contents Questions
6.1 Hypoxia and Alcohol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6.2 Hyperventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6.3 Spatial Disorientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
6.4 Pilot Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6.5 Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM) . . . . 23
Completion Standards