Hazardous Attitudes
PsychologicalLearn and reflect on the FAA's Five Hazardous Attitudes from aeronautical decision-making training. Rate 25 statements for a per-attitude self-profile, or drill short scenarios: name the attitude a pilot's response shows, then pick its prescribed antidote.
Overview
What it looks like: The FAA's aeronautical decision-making (ADM) training names five hazardous attitudes — Anti-Authority ("Don't tell me"), Impulsivity ("Do it quickly"), Invulnerability ("It won't happen to me"), Macho ("I can do it") and Resignation ("What's the use?") — each with a prescribed antidote thought. This tool has two modes: a 25-statement self-assessment that profiles how strongly each attitude pulls on your everyday decisions, and a right/wrong recognition drill where you classify original scenarios and recall the matching antidote. What it measures: The self-assessment is honest self-report for reflection — descriptive, never diagnostic, never pass/fail. The drill tests your knowledge of the framework itself. Airline psychological evaluations and interview boards routinely draw on ADM vocabulary; knowing the five attitudes and antidotes — and having reflected on your own tendencies in those terms — is exactly the preparation examiners expect. The framework is public FAA doctrine (Risk Management Handbook FAA-H-8083-2, PHAK Chapter 2, AC 60-22); all statements and scenarios here are original.
Example: name the attitude, then its antidote
In the recognition drill you read a short scenario ending in a pilot's response, identify which of the FAA's five hazardous attitudes it shows, then pick the prescribed antidote. Each scenario is keyed to exactly one attitude.
The airshow arrival
A pilot is inbound to a fly-in where half his old flying club will be on the ground watching arrivals. The direct crosswind is stronger than anything he has landed in this year, and a into-wind runway is available two minutes away by taxi. He briefs himself: “Everyone lands on the show runway. If I take the easy one they'll think I've lost my touch — I'll put it down in front of them.”
Step 1 · Which hazardous attitude?
Step 2 · Which antidote counters it?
“Taking chances is foolish.”
Game Phases
Choose a mode
Self-assessment for a per-attitude profile, or the recognition drill to learn to classify the five attitudes and their antidotes.
Reflect or classify
Rate 25 decision statements honestly, or read scenarios and name the attitude a pilot's response shows — untimed in both modes.
Learn the antidotes
Every attitude pairs with a prescribed FAA antidote thought. The drill asks for it after each scenario; the profile report teaches all five.
Read your report
See per-attitude bars and plain-language feedback, or your drill accuracy per attitude — framed for interview preparation, not pass/fail.
More Practice
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