This post is not for people who hates psychology.


Skill Based Behaviour

-relies on skills memory
-stored as routines/motor programmes
-carried without conscious thought
-must be monitored by Central Decision Maker
-allows to do routine tasks at the same time
-skill maybe difficult to explain
-once learned, skill may be difficult to modify


Types of Error:
1) Action Slip

CORRECT DECISION ---> Pilot distracted ---> WRONG SKILL ---> Pilot fails to monitor ---> ERROR



2) Environmental Capture

Decision to do Skill One ---> Skill One & Skill Two are associated ---> But Skill Two is decided instead ---> ERROR



3) Reversion

Task to do ---> Pilot reverts to previously learned skill ---> ERROR




An example of ENVIRONMENTAL CAPTURE which comes from my own experience during flying:

A dual Circuit sortie with my instructor during early February and I had like only a couple of flying hours clocked. As usual, it was a Left-Hand Circuit. Turning into early Downwind, my instructor told me to do a flapless approach for a Touch & Go.


If it is a normal procedure, I will have to put down the flaps at late downwind before turning into Base Leg.


I said yes. But at late downwind, my hand still went for the Flaps Selection Switch to put the flaps down. How smart.



Two more types of Behaviours are Rule Based Behaviour and Knowledge Based Behaviour, which for obvious reason I can't remember all these things in like two days. Goddamn, it's tough!

Navigation - 87%
Radio Aids - 89%
Meteorology Theory - 89%
Meteorology Practical - 83%
Flight Planning - 97%
Instruments - 80%

I have passed all the subjects!! =)

But then again, out of 17 people in our batch, only 7 including me who managed to pass all the subjects. The others will have to resit for their failed paper after 3 months.

Went to watch Dark Knight on Friday night too. Awesome movie and The Joker steals the show!!

Due to Mr Chelwarnce request, I wrote another paragrapgh of thanks just for him.

Thank you for your time to play basketball with me. And also for your time to wait for me until I collect my glasses that day. And also for fetching me for steamboat. And also for willing to eat steamboat with me TWICE. And also the Red Cliff movie, which was fantastic! *Recommended to anyone who is familiar with Romance of Three Kingdoms!*


By the way, CA2 this stage is not that heavy and stressful as compared to CA6. The subjects are as follows:

- Performance A
- Human Performance and Limitations
- Air Law
- Mass & Balance

Classes are only half day until 12.30pm. However, the school introduced another two subjects for our batch: Glass Cockpit and Jeppesen, just for these first two weeks. It's just a repetition of what we learn in CA6, but what to do, this is the style of the school management. Do things without think first.

One thing I find very interesting in Human Performance and Limitations is that it covers mostly about biology. You know, like respiration, eyes, dental, health, physiology, etc. There is also a chapter of Basic Aviation Psychology. All are nothing but facts that we need to swallow in two months time.

Gotta go for classes now~~ ;)