SCENARIO STUDY
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✈ Normal Operations
🔥 Engine Failures & Fire
🚨 Emergency Procedures
📡 Instrument Approaches
⚙ System Abnormals
👥 CRM Scenarios
Conflicting ATC and Company Instructions
🛫 Scenario Setup
ATC clears you to FL350. Simultaneously, company dispatch sends ACARS: 'Do not exceed FL310 – engine oil issue on your aircraft.' Crew unaware of the oil issue.
💥 Failure Injection
Conflicting directives: ATC says climb, company says stay low. Crew must evaluate.
📋 Required Actions (Sequence)
- Acknowledge ATC clearance but delay execution
- Brief PM on company message
- Check engine oil indications – any EICAS indication?
- Contact dispatch for clarification – what is the specific concern?
- If oil indication present: treat as engine abnormal; do not climb
- If no indication: discuss rationally with PM before climbing
- If risk uncertain: stay at current altitude; declare PAN PAN if needed
- Document all communications
✅ Evaluation Points
- Company guidance taken seriously – not dismissed
- Crew cross-checked engine parameters
- Deliberate decision made and communicated
- ATC kept informed
❌ Common Errors (UNSAT)
- Following ATC blindly without considering company message
- Dismissing company guidance without verification
- No crew discussion before decision
🎓 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