Commercial/MEI Study Planning · Source-checked
Identifying and managing risk
Learning goals
- Use a structured risk checklist
- Recognize hazardous attitudes
FAA risk material encourages pilots to look systematically at the pilot, the aircraft, the environment and external pressures. Tools such as PAVE and the IMSAFE self-check give the review a structure.
Hazardous attitudes — anti-authority, impulsivity, invulnerability, macho and resignation — each have antidotes you can practice saying to yourself. Risk is never zero; the goal is to see it clearly, reduce what you can and decide honestly.
Assigned reading
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25C (2023) with MOSAIC addendum (Oct 2025))
Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making (PAVE, IMSAFE, hazardous attitudes); Risk Management Handbook · Federal Aviation Administration · reviewed 2026-10-21
Self-check
Original practice questions for self-assessment only — not FAA test questions and not a certification.
Study preparation only. Not FAA-approved ground training, no endorsement, logbook or flight-time credit, and no guaranteed test result. Always follow your instructor and the approved AFM/POH for your aircraft.