SCENARIO STUDY
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✈ Normal Operations
🔥 Engine Failures & Fire
🚨 Emergency Procedures
📡 Instrument Approaches
⚙ System Abnormals
👥 CRM Scenarios
Captain Incapacitation
🛫 Scenario Setup
Cruise FL310. Captain suddenly slumps forward, unresponsive. FO is PM, no control input from captain.
💥 Failure Injection
Captain becomes visually unresponsive mid-cruise. No verbal or physical response.
📋 Required Actions (Sequence)
- FO takes control: 'I have the aircraft' – announce clearly
- Declare MAYDAY: 'Mayday Mayday Mayday, [callsign], first officer in control, captain incapacitated'
- Request immediate assistance – 'Nearest airport with medical facilities'
- Notify flight attendant: 'Is there a medical professional on board?'
- Secure captain: prevent body from interfering with controls
- Request ATC direct routing and priority handling
- Brief flight attendants for possible emergency landing
- Execute single pilot workload procedures
✅ Evaluation Points
- FO takes control immediately and announces it
- MAYDAY declared without hesitation
- Captain secured from controls
- Medical assistance requested via ATC
- Divert executed promptly
❌ Common Errors (UNSAT)
- FO hesitates to take control due to authority gradient
- No MAYDAY declaration
- Captain left in position where body can interfere with controls
- FO attempts to continue to destination
🎓 What the Instructor / Examiner Watches For
TIMING STANDARDS
- Control transfer: immediate and announced
- MAYDAY: within 30 seconds of recognition
AUTOMATIC UNSATISFACTORY
- FO fails to take control of incapacitated captain
- No MAYDAY declaration