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Poster Adopt a sterile flight deck rule while taxiing
In Brief
What It Addresses
For additional runway safety education, take the AOPA Air Safety Institute’s Runway Safety online course at www.airsafetyinstitute.org/runwaysafety. By keeping your head down to complete a checklist or other operational duties, OR engaging in non-operational conversation with passengers while approaching the runway, you may accidently cross a hold short line.
From the Document: selected source passages, quoted as written, for a quick overview.
Look
Listen
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ARE AT
STAKE!
For additional runway safety education, take the AOPA Air Safety Institute’s Runway Safety online course at www.airsafetyinstitute.org/runwaysafety. By keeping your head down to complete a checklist or other operational duties, OR engaging in non-operational conversation with passengers while approaching the runway, you may accidently cross a hold short line.
IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU:
Complete all checklists prior to leaving the ramp and follow the airlines’ lead and adopt a sterile flight deck rule while taxiing.
THE FIX:
Source: Federal Aviation Administration — www.faasafety.gov. Reproduced from the published record; FlightPush adds formatting only.
Author: Chad Brewer
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