IMSAFE

The pilot is one of the risk factors in a flight.

The pilot must ask, am I ready for this trip in terms of experience, recency, currency, physical and emotional condition? The IM Safe Checklist provides the answers.

A equals aircraft.

What limitations will the aircraft impose upon the trip? Ask the following questions.

Flying, especially when used for business transportation, can expose the pilot to high-altitude flying, long distance and endurance, and more challenging weather.

An advanced avionics aircraft, simply due to their advanced capabilities, can expose a pilot to even more of these stresses.

The traditional IM SAFE checklist, see page 17-6, is a good start.

The combination of late-night pilot fatigue and the effects of sustained flight above 5,000 feet may cause pilots to become less discerning, less critical of information, less decisive, and more compliant and accepting.