PAUL ‘BJ’ RANSBURY, AVIATION PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS

ATTENTION EMPOWERS 
PREVENTION
LOSS OF CONTROL IN-FLIGHT (LOC-I)
TODAY’S AGENDA

LOSS OF CONTROL  PREVENTION VS.  SCOPE OF 

IN‐FLIGHT RECOVERY ATTENTION

UPSET ATTENTION  LEARN – APPLY – QUESTIONS

TOOLKIT SHARE 

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LOSS OF CONTROL IN‐FLIGHT
LOSS OF CONTROL IN‐FLIGHT
FATAL ACCIDENTS – WORLDWIDE COMMERCIAL JET FLEET
LOC‐I
Loss of Control In-flight

SIMPLY PUT 40%
The Biggest Aviation Safety Risk

10 YEAR PERIOD: 2003 THROUGH 2012

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AIRPLANE UPSET

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CAUSES OF AIRPLANE UPSETS
ENVIRONMENT PILOT‐INDUCED
• Wake Turbulence • Inattention / Fatigue / Monitoring
• Weather Phenomena • System Mismanagement
• Airframe Icing • Manual Handling
• Disorientation

SYSTEM ANOMALY DOMINANT RESULT
• Flight Controls
•
•
Auto-flight Systems
Flight Instruments STALL
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 REAL WORLD
Airbus A310
Inattention – Systems – Luck
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LOC‐I: A COMPLEX PROBLEM

AWARENESS PREVENTION RECOVERY CRASH

TRAINING

No single, simple solution

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PREVENTION VS. RECOVERY
LOC‐I ACCIDENT MODEL
AWARENESS
PREVENTION POINT OF DESTABILIZATION

SKILL EXCEEDED

CRASH

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PILOT SKILLSET
SKILLED VARIABLE NO TRAINING

Roll

Pitch Up

Pitch Down

Angle of Attack

0 50 100 150 200

Degrees
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 PILOT SKILLSET
900 nose up

100% All-Attitude Environment

11% Training Stops

1800 1800
roll left 5% Core Skills roll right

900 nose down

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SCOPE OF ATTENTION
SCOPE OF ATTENTION AWARENESS PREVENTION RECOVERY

AWARENESS AVOID EVENTS

PREVENTION ATTENTION: COUNTER EVENTS

RECOVERY UNIQUE SKILL SET

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TWO TYPES OF ATTENTION PREVENTION

TIME FAVORABLE ATTENTION TIME CRITICAL ATTENTION

• Fatigue • Rapid Onset Event
• Aeronautical Decision Making • Undetected Insidious Event
• Monitoring • System Failure / Mismanagement

MINUTES TO DAYS 2 TO 10 SECONDS
NASA
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REAL WORLD
How Long is 10 Seconds?
TIME FAVORABLE ATTENTION

DECISIONS + ALERTNESS
EXPERIENCE

SYSTEM KNOWLEDGE

MONITORING

DISTRACTION

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REAL WORLD
10 Seconds in Aviation
TIME CRITICAL ATTENTION
TIME CRITICAL ATTENTION
• Rapid Onset Event
• Undetected Insidious Event
• System Failure / Mismanagement

2 TO 10 SECONDS
NASA
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TIME CRITICAL ATTENTION

STABILITY
ROLL G‐LOAD

PITCH
ENERGY
YAW

COUNTER‐RESPONSE
ANGLE OF ATTACK
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TIME CRITICAL ATTENTION

AOA ‐ YAW
LIFT VECTOR
ENERGY STATE
STABILIZED COUNTER‐RESPONSE

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ATTENTION + PREVENTION
TOOLKIT
SAFETY MANAGEMENT
LOC‐I ATTENTION MATRIX

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ATTENTION + PREVENTION

ICAO‐COMPLIANT
ACADEMIC ATTENTION UPSET 
KNOWLEDGE CONTROL TRAINING

AWARENESS PREVENTION RECOVERY

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LEARN – APPLY – SHARE
ICAO MANUAL RELEASED

ACADEMIC TRAINING

ON‐AIRCRAFT UPSET TRAINING

SIMULATOR UPSET TRAINING

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LEARN – APPLY – SHARE 

1. LEARN ABOUT LOC‐I

2. ASSESS RISK

3. EDUCATE TEAM

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 QUESTIONS

APSTRAINING.COM/BBDLA14 Paul BJ Ransbury
paul.ransbury@apstraining.com
Free LOC‐I Course USA 480‐797‐0753