Ok so
thats the drift.
The mental training in this particular racket comes mainly
from conditioning and experience. CRM etc augments (but
doesnt replace) this.
Greenslopes said most of the rest - only thing I can add
to that is the "what if" attitude is a great tool for survival
if things ever go tits up big time.
"Silly memory" devices (because silly things stand out in
the memory more than the mundane) are a great help in
remembering complex situations - for example, on the
simple end of the scale I instantly recall the formula to
calculate an (expected) crab angle by imagining a crab
walking sideways for 1 minute over an ASI swearing on
the bible (ASI telling the truth). This gives me
Crab
Angle = Xwind componant / TAS nm per min. Sounds
dumb of course but it sticks in my brain. The 200hr kids I
train now and then find this method of recall particularly
usefull too.
Similarly the recalls in any QRH can be attacked in the
same fashion. All it needs is a "silly memory" path that
works for you, or a good nemonic. For instance I can still
remember the limitation of the 727 (from 20 years ago)
in the event of a double yaw damper loss - FL260 and
280kts (SM: There are 280 upper yaw dampers and
26,000 lower ones). On another type the electric drill was
"Great! Your A F**king Dumb !!!!!" (GYAFDS). But again
what SM works for me using this method mightn't work
for anyone else.
Im probably way off the original posters mark but then old
age is approaching...
