A client asks a remote pilot to fly in conditions the pilot considers unsafe. The pilot thinks, "Whatever I decide won't change anything," and agrees just to be a nice guy. Which hazardous attitude is this?
- AMacho
- BInvulnerability
- CResignation
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Correct answer: C. Resignation
The resignation attitude ("What's the use?") appears when a pilot feels unable to change the outcome and goes along with unreasonable requests to be a "nice guy." The antidote is: I'm not helpless. I can make a difference.
- A. Incorrect. The macho attitude is about taking risks to prove oneself and impress others, not about going along with a request.
- B. Incorrect. Invulnerability is the belief that accidents happen only to others ("It won't happen to me").
- C. Correct. Resignation pilots feel they cannot make a difference, leave the action to others, and may go along with unreasonable requests just to be a "nice guy."
Source
FAA-H-8083-25C Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, Chapter 2, Hazardous Attitudes and Antidotes (Figure 2-4) The pilot will leave the action to others, for better or worse. Sometimes, such pilots will even go along with unreasonable requests just to be a "nice guy."