Pilot Medical Handbook: Human Factors for Successful Flying (Asa FAA Handbook) - Softcover

Indispensable for pilots and other aviation workers, this comprehensive guide contains the authoritative flight safety. Being a safe pilot involves more than checking the weather, filing a flight plan, and performing also requires that pilots assess their physical and mental health and evaluate a slew of situational factors. contains detailed FAA-approved recommendations for determining when a flight is a "no-go" and details such a weighty decision-including medications, fatigue, trapped gases, vision impediments, spatial disorientation, carbon monoxide. Pilots will learn how to determine their personal minimums in flying, evaluate the benefits confidently handle in-air situations that could quickly become emergencies, such as smoke in the cabin decompression sickness.

The Federal Aviation Administration is the government organization that regulates and sets procedural standards for the aviation industry. The Civil Aviation Medical Institute is the branch of the FAA that oversees medical certification of pilots and aviation workers and trains aviation medical examiners.