Flight School Acronymns

Learning to fly has never been more full of more useless acronyms than today.

Five P's (SRM)
Plan
Plane
Pilot
Passengers (not that this one is second to the last!)
Programming

Three (More) P's (ADM)
https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/media/faa-h-8083-2.pdf

Perceive
Process
Perform

WARMPC? Who comes up with this stuff?
W – Warning Area
A – Alert Area
R – Restricted Area
M – Military Operations Area (MOA)
P – Prohibited Area
C – Controlled Firing Area

N – National Security TFR

ALERTS? [Ok this one is somewhat useful]
A - Airspeed - Maintain best glide speed. 68 Knots in the 172SP
L - Landing site - Locate.
E - Engine. Restart if time permits.
R - Radio - 121.5 Mayday Mayday Mayday Tail Number
T - Transponder - Set to 7700 = emergency
S - Seatbelts - Ensure they are secure

IMSAFE?
I- Illness
M- Medication

S- Stress
A- Alcohol. None within 8 hours of flight. [Airports are conveniently full of bars as are hotels that all Pilots stay...]
F- Fatigue [Crew scheduling makes sure that pilots are fully utilized. This is a controversial one.]
E- Emotional Issues and/or Eating enough!


A TOMATO FLAMES? [VFR Daytime Required Equipment]
Anti Collision Light System (part of preflight check)
 Tachometer
Oil Pressure
Manifold pressure
Airspeed Indicator
Temp Gauge
Oil Temp Gauge
 Fuel Level Indicator
Landing Gear Extend/Retract indicator (if applicable)
Altimeter
Magnetic Compass
ELT
Saftey Belt


NWKRAFT? [14 CFR 91.103]
Notams
Weather
Known ATC Delays (uncommon)
Runway Length
Alternates
Fuel
Takeoff and Landing Distances

Decide Model
Detect
Estimate
Checklist/Choose
i
Do
Evaluate

PAVE Checklist
Pilot
Airplane
Environment
External