Section 1. Precursor to the rest. Uses a metaphor about the leading edge and compares it to aviation airmanship and professionalism.

Section 2: talks about the failures still experienced in the aviation world today. These failures can sometimes be attributed to lack of shared vision of airmanship. Historically, there are a set of combined traits that make up good airmanship. These traits were put into a nice visual aid on page 16.

Section 3: Section three heavily delves into what flight discipline is and why it is so important In airmanship development. It is the cornerstone stone on which the rest of the skills are built. It explains the pitfalls of poor discipline and also provides some stories of famous aviators and examples of their incredible flight discipline.

Section 4: This section is all about understanding what methodical discipline is, and applying it to your aviation career. It specifically notes a difference in procedure and technique. Procedures are written and directive, while techniques are how the procedures are carried out. The section also talk about error chains and the procedural performance cycle. A visual aid is provided on page 44 that depicts the cycle.

Section 5: This section is all about practice and proficiency. It notes that due to automated systems, brushing up basic pilot skills has become harder than ever. But not o my flying skills need practice, communication, team skills, and decision making all have to be mastered to be an effective airman. It goes over the 4 levels of skill and what each entails. It puts a heavy emphasis on being proficient in all areas.

Section 6: This section defines even further the six pillars of airmanship knowledge “self” pillar. All six pillars are self, team, aircraft, environment, mission, risk. It talks about physical and mental preparation and how it is important to be unfatigued in both areas. It goes over the hazardous attitudes and how to rectify them. It also places an importance on motivation, and why it is important to k ow what yours and your team’s is.

Section 7: This section reviews the other 5 pillars in basic airmanship. These pillars are team, aircraft, environment, mission, and risk. The team pillar is all about understand what your team a capable of, and finding the best way to accomplish tasks. The aircraft pillar is all about understanding the complex systems that make up aviation hardware. When an aviator truly understands how these systems work, errors are much less likely to happen. The environment pillar is all about situational awareness. It is important to know the limitations of your operation and what can go wrong at any point. Your physical environment, regulatory environment, and operational environment are all important. The mission and risk pillars go hand in hand. Simply put, the risk should never even be close to jeopardizing the mission. The mission is important but safety is paramount. Healthy regulation of risk is important.

Section 8 talks about situational awareness and good judgment amongst aviators. It talks about good choices not o my being made inside the cockpit, but also throughout your organization as a whole. The key to making good choices is knowing what can and will go wrong when. Situational awareness such as that can only be developed for through constant practice and study. Poor judgment leads to death, something that happens far too often.

Section 9 explains how outside influences can damage your flight discipline. It defines peer pressure as the social pressure to conform to a group. Usually this is not a good thing as most people tend to go the easy way out and not be disciplined. It is important to be aware of the sources of peer pressure, and how to disperse them. But not all peer pressure is bad. An environment of positive peer pressure can be established to help everyone in an organization.

Section 10 just wraps up the rest of the sections. It talks over the principles of airmanship and the need for minimums beyond regulation.