Introduction To Single-Pilot Resource Management

Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 09:24 AM ET

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The NBAA Safety Committee has developed this resource to assist single-pilot operators of light business aircraft by outlining critical elements of risk management and providing a tool to use in guiding risk management procedures before and during flight.

Key Takeaways:

The NBAA Safety Committee has developed a new risk-management guide for single-pilot light business aircraft, introducing the TEMA acronym.
TEMA stands for Transfer, Eliminate, Mitigate, and Accept, offering a structured approach to managing flight risks.
The TEMA framework advises pilots to proactively plan and transfer risk (e.g., to airlines), eliminate flights for low-priority events, mitigate challenges through adjustments (e.g., departing early), and consciously accept any remaining residual risk.

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I worked with the NBAA Safety Committee Single-Pilot Work Group to assemble the association’s Risk Management Guide For Single-Pilot Light Business Aircraft, pictured at right. One of the new concepts in the Guide is one more risk-management acronym: TEMA, a variation on “team,” which stands for Transfer, Eliminate, Mitigate and Accept. Highlights include these elements:

• Transfer: Front-load your flight- and risk-planning tasks well ahead of a planned flight. If you absolutely have to be somewhere on a date certain, and conditions aren’t promising, planning ahead will give you time to transfer the risk to the airlines.