PPGS Lesson 2.1 | Aeronautical Decision Making: SRM & Hazardous Attitudes

Welcome to Epic Flight Academy’s Private Pilot Ground School! In this first lesson on Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM), Certified Flight Instructor Mike Thompson teaches how safe flying starts with the right mindset. You’ll learn about risk management, the five hazardous attitudes every pilot must recognize, and the Single-Pilot Resource Management (SRM) checklists that help prevent mistakes before and during flight. This lesson emphasizes Epic’s motto: Safety First! It’s designed to help student pilots understand how to apply effective decision-making skills in every flight scenario to ensure safer, smarter aviation operations. #PrivatePilotGroundSchool #EpicFlightAcademy #PilotTraining #AviationEducation #SafetyFirst #LearnToFly 📘 Video Chapters 0:00 – Introduction with Instructor Mike Thompson 0:11 – Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM) 1:00 – Risk Management Principles 2:20 – Hazardous Attitudes Overview 2:30 – Anti-Authority Attitude 3:01 – Impulsivity Attitude 3:44 – Invulnerability Attitude 4:35 – Macho Attitude 5:13 – Resignation Attitude 6:17 – Single-Pilot Resource Management (SRM) 6:48 – SRM Checklists Before Flight 7:00 – IMSAFE Checklist 8:13 – PAVE Checklist 10:08 – CARE Checklist 11:00 – SRM Checklists During Flight 11:10 – 5 Ps Checklist 12:15 – 3 Ps Checklist 13:09 – TEAM Checklist 14:08 – DECIDE Model Explained Read more about this topic here: https://epicflightacademy.com/aeronau... https://epicflightacademy.com/prequal... Learn more about Epic Flight Academy’s Private Pilot Ground School Course: https://epicflightacademy.com/private... To begin YOUR pilot training, visit our website: https://epicflightacademy.com/pilot-t... Mike Thompson is the author of "Telling Is Not Teaching", which promotes the idea that the “new school” of teaching that embraces electronic technology cannot sacrifice the “old school” of human relationships because the human brain stills learns in largely the same way that it has for millennia. "Telling Is Not Teaching": https://www.amazon.com/Telling-Not-Te... Enjoying our content? Like this video and SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel so we can continue to produce more Epic content! Follow us on social media to stay up to date on EVERYTHING happening at Epic Flight Academy! Facebook:   / epicflightacademy   Twitter:   / epicfltacademy   Instagram:   / epicflightacademy   LinkedIn:   / epic-flight-academy   Website: https://epicflightacademy.com/