Risk Management Handbook

This handbook is a tool designed to help recognize and manage risk. It provides a higher level of training to the pilot in command (PIC) who wishes to aspire to a greater understanding of the aviation environment and become a better pilot. This handbook is for pilots of all aircraft from Weight-Shift Control (WSC) to a Piper Cub, a Twin Beechcraft, or a Boeing 747. 


This book includes the following topics:


Chapter 1 Defining Elements of Risk Management

Chapter 2 Human Behavior

Chapter 3 Identifying and Mitigating Risk

Chapter 4 Assessing Risk

Chapter 5 Aeronautical Decision-Making: A Basic Staple

Chapter 6 Single-Pilot Resource Management

Chapter 7 Automation

Chapter 8 Risk Management Training

Appendix A Personal Assessment and MinimumsA-1

Appendix B Sample Risk Management Scenarios

Appendix C CFIT Checklist

Glossary