Spotlight on Safety: Don't get caught in the web of Hazardous Attitudes

In the October 2022 Spotlight on Safety, pilots and instructors Jessica Meiris and Brian Potter discuss how poor responses to stress can drive negative behaviors that put our crews in danger. To address this risk factor, they explain the five “hazardous attitudes,” and their respective remedies, the FAA outlines in the Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge: invulnerability, macho, resignation, anti-authority, and impulsivity.