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In the FAA's PAVE risk checklist, what does the V stand for?

enVironment.

  1. Visibility
  2. enVironment ✔
  3. VFR conditions

Why: PAVE sorts flight risks into four groups: Pilot-in-command, Aircraft, enVironment and External pressures. Looking at each one before a flight helps a pilot spot hazards and set personal minimums.

Huh, didn't know that: PAVE is used in the Perceive step of the FAA's Perceive, Process, Perform (3P) decision model.

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Sources

  1. FAA Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25C), Chapter 2 https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/faa-h-8083-25c.pdf

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