Aeronautical Terms beginning with A

ADM

Aeronautical Decision-Making

Aeronautical decision-making (ADM)

A systematic approach to the mental process used by pilots to consistently determine the best course of action in response to a given set of circumstances.

Airmanship Skills

The skills of coordination, timing, control touch, and speed sense in addition to the motor skills required to fly an aircraft.

Altitude Chamber

A device that simulates high altitude conditions by reducing the interior pressure. The occupants will suffer from the same physiological conditions as flight at high altitude in an unpressurized aircraft.

Anxiety

Mental discomfort that arises from the fear of anything, real or imagined. May have a potent effect on actions and the ability to learn from perceptions.

Attitude

A personal motivational predisposition to respond to persons, situations, or events in a given manner that can, nevertheless, be changed or modified through training as a sort of mental shortcut to decision-making.

Attitude management

The ability to recognize one’s own hazardous attitudes and the willingness to modify them as

Autokinesis

This is caused by staring at a single point of light against a dark background for more than a few seconds. After a few moments, the light appears to move on its own.