Figure 14-6. You should examine your decisions carefully to ensure that your choices have not been influenced by a hazardous attitude. Figure 14-7. You must be able to identify hazardous attitudes and apply the appropriate antidote when needed. 14-6 To make informed decisions during flight operations, you must be aware of the resources found both inside and outside the cockpit. Since useful tools and sources of information may not always be readily apparent, learning to recognize these resources is an essential part of ADM training. Resources must not only be iden- There are several techniques to help manage the accu- mulation of life stresses and prevent stress overload. For example, including relaxation time in a busy sched- ule and maintaining a program of physical fitness can help reduce stress levels. Learning to manage time more effectively can help you avoid heavy pressures imposed by getting behind schedule and not meeting deadlines. Take an assessment of yourself to determine your capabilities and limitations and then set realistic goals. In addition, avoiding stressful situations and encounters can help you cope with stress. Everyone is stressed to some degree all the time. A cer- tain amount of stress is good since it keeps a person alert and prevents complacency. However, effects of stress are cumulative and, if not coped with adequately, they eventually add up to an intolerable burden. Performance generally increases with the onset of stress, peaks, and then begins to fall off rapidly as stress levels exceed a person’s ability to cope. The ability to make effective decisions during flight can be impaired by stress. Factors, referred to as stressors, can increase a pilot’s risk of error in the cockpit. [Figure 14-8] STRESS MANAGEMENT a hazardous attitude, correctly label the thought, and then recall its antidote. [Figure 14-7] USE OF RESOURCES THE FIVE HAZARDOUS ATTITUDES 1. Anti-Authority:GLYPH<.notdef> "Don't tell me." GLYPH<.notdef> This attitude is found in people who do not like anyone telling them what to do. In a sense, they  are saying, "No one can tell me what to do." They may be resentful of having someone tell them  what to do, or may regard rules ,  regulations, and procedures as silly or unnecessary. However, it  is always your prerogativ to question authority if you feel it is in error.GLYPH<.notdef> GLYPH<.notdef> This is the attitude of people who  frequently feel the need to do something, anything, immediately.  The do not stop to think about what they are about to do; they do not select the best alternative,  and the do the first thing that comes to mind.GLYPH<.notdef> GLYPH<.notdef> Many people feel that accidents  happen to others, but never to them. They know accidents can  happen, and they know that any one can be affected. They never really feel or believe that they will  be personally involved. Pilots who think this way are more likely to take chances and increase risk.GLYPH<.notdef> GLYPH<.notdef> Pilots who are always trying to  prov that they are better than anyone else are thinking, "I can do it  –I'll show them." Pilots with this type of attitude will try to prove themselves by taking risks in order  to impress others. While this patter n is thought to be a male characteristic, women are equally  susceptible.GLYPH<.notdef> GLYPH<.notdef> Pilots who think, "What's the use?" do not see themselves as being able to make a great deal of  difference in what happens to them. When things go well, the pilot is apt to think that it is good luck.  When things go badly the pilot may feel that someone is out to get me, or attribute it to bad luck.  The pilot will leav the action to others, for better or worse. Sometimes, such pilots will even go  along with unreasonable requests just to be a "nice guy."GLYPH<.notdef> 2. Impulsivity:GLYPH<.notdef> "Do it quickly." 3. Invulnerability:GLYPH<.notdef> "It won't happen to me." 4. Macho:GLYPH<.notdef> "I can do it." GLYPH<.notdef> 5. Resignation:GLYPH<.notdef> "What's the use?" Taking  chances is  foolish.GLYPH<.notdef> GLYPH<.notdef> Follow the  rules. They are  usually right.GLYPH<.notdef> GLYPH<.notdef> It could  happen to me.GLYPH<.notdef> GLYPH<.notdef> Not so fast.  Think first. GLYPH<.notdef> I'm not  helpless. I can  make a  difference. HAZARDOUS ATTITUDES ANTIDOTES Macho —Brenda often brags to her  friends about her skills as a pilot and  wants to impress them with her abilities.  During her third solo flight she decides to  take a friend for a helicopter ride.GLYPH<.notdef> GLYPH<.notdef> Anti-authority —In the air she thinks "It's great to be up here without an instructor  criticizing everything I do. His do-it-by-the- book attitude takes all of the fun out of  flying."GLYPH<.notdef> GLYPH<.notdef> Invulnerability —As she nears her friends  farm, she remembers that it is about eight  miles from the closest airport. She thinks,  "I'll land in the pasture behind the barn at  Sarah's farm. It won't be dangerous at  all... the pasture is fenced and mowed  and no animals are in the way. It's no  more dangerous than landing at a  heliport."GLYPH<.notdef> GLYPH<.notdef> Impulsivity —After a short look, Brenda  initiates an approach to her friend's  pasture. Not realizing that she is landing  with a tail wind, she makes a hard landing  in the pasture and nearly hits the fence  with the tail rotor before she gets the  helicopter stopped.GLYPH<.notdef> Resignation —Apoliceman pulls up to  investigate what he believes to be an  emergency landing. As Brenda is walking  from the helicopter, she is supprised that  anyone observed her landing. Her first  thought is "if it weren't for my bad luck, this  policeman wouldn't have come along and  this would have been a great afternoon." GLYPH<.notdef> GLYPH<.notdef>