Think Tactically, Plan Strategically

Pilots routinely make strategic plans for their flights. By expanding that idea a little to imagine some what ifs at various points along the planned flight-weather deterioration, passenger problem, airplane or system malfunction, or other potential hazard-and then decide on alternative plans for each major stage of the flight, the risk of plan-continuation bias and the negative effects of snowballing workload and stress are reduced.

Key Takeaways:

• Proactively plan for potential "what-if" scenarios at each flight stage to reduce plan-continuation bias, workload, and stress.
• Slow down the airplane during high-workload situations to gain more time for task management, especially in terminal areas.
• Execute checklists and briefings more slowly and deliberately, initiating them at specific flight points like top of climb or descent.
• Treat any interruption or out-of-sequence task as a "red flag," establishing consistent cues to remind the pilot of the disruption.

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