FAA Instrument Flight Instructor (FII)Instructional TechniquesMedium
While teaching Single-Pilot Resource Management (SRM), a CFII wants the student to practice prioritizing which instrument tasks to perform first during a busy non-precision approach with a late runway change. This exercise is primarily developing which SRM skill?
- AAutomation management
- BTask management
- CCFIT awareness
- DAeronautical decision-making
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: B. Task management
Task management is the SRM skill focused on prioritizing and sequencing tasks so that critical duties are performed first, especially during high-workload situations like a late runway change on approach. Automation management concerns managing avionics/autopilot use, CFIT awareness concerns terrain avoidance specifically, and aeronautical decision-making is the broader process of evaluating and choosing a course of action.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Automation management specifically deals with managing autopilot and avionics systems, not general task prioritization.
- C. CFIT awareness specifically addresses avoiding controlled flight into terrain, not general task prioritization.
- D. ADM is the broader decision-making process; the specific skill being drilled here is prioritizing tasks.
Task Management (SRM)
An SRM skill involving prioritizing and organizing multiple cockpit duties, especially under high workload, to ensure critical tasks are completed first.
- Prevents task saturation during high-workload phases
- Especially critical during approach/late changes
- One of six core SRM skill areas
Memory trick: ADM-TRAC: ADM, Task mgmt, Risk mgmt, Automation mgmt, CFIT awareness, situational awareness