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 (weather, malfunctions, passenger issues) at each stage of a flight to reduce plan-continuation bias, workload, and stress.
• Manage increased workload by slowing down the airplane and conducting checklists and briefings more slowly and deliberately at specific flight points.
• Treat any interruption or out-of-sequence task as a red flag, establishing consistent cues to remind pilots of the interruption.

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