SCENARIO STUDY
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✈ Normal Operations
🔥 Engine Failures & Fire
🚨 Emergency Procedures
📡 Instrument Approaches
⚙ System Abnormals
👥 CRM Scenarios
Normal Takeoff – IFR Departure
🛫 Scenario Setup
KPHX Runway 26, IFR conditions: 1500 OVC, vis 4sm, wind 260/12. KAYEX5 SID, FL240 initial. CRJ-900, Flaps 8, FLEX TO if available. ATIS received, clearance on file.
💥 Failure Injection
Normal departure – no failures. Evaluate all standard procedures.
📋 Required Actions (Sequence)
- Before-takeoff flow and checklist complete
- Thrust set to FLEX or TOGA – callout '80 knots' at 80 KIAS
- PM calls V1, VR, V2 – PF rotates smoothly at VR
- Positive rate confirmed – PF calls 'Gear up'
- Flaps retracted on schedule above flap limiting speeds
- Climb thrust set at acceleration altitude
- Comply with SID restrictions – LNAV/VNAV or managed climb
- Sterile cockpit enforced below 10,000 ft
✅ Evaluation Points
- V2 maintained within +10/-5 KIAS
- Runway heading within ±10° to 400 ft AGL
- Gear called up only after positive rate on BOTH VSI and altimeter
- Sterile cockpit – no non-essential conversation below 10,000 ft
- Climb checklist completed at acceleration altitude
❌ Common Errors (UNSAT)
- Early gear retraction before positive rate confirmed
- Flap retraction before proper speed attained
- Heading deviation on initial climb
- Failing to enforce sterile cockpit
🎓 What the Instructor / Examiner Watches For
TIMING STANDARDS
- Gear up at positive rate: immediate
- Flap schedule: at correct speeds
- Checklist: before designated gate
AUTOMATIC UNSATISFACTORY
- Gear up before positive rate
- Below Vref at any time on final
- Continued approach below DH with no visual