PLT103: Aeronautical Decision Making (Adm)
What code PLT103 covers, why the FAA tests it, and how to study Aeronautical Decision Making (Adm) before your checkride.
Recall Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM) - hazardous attitudes
What this means for your checkride
Aeronautical decision making names five hazardous attitudes that lead pilots into bad choices: anti-authority, impulsivity, invulnerability, macho, and resignation. Each has a specific mental antidote, and recognizing the attitude in yourself is the first step.
The hazardous attitudes are the human-factors backbone of accident prevention, so the FAA tests whether you can name each one and its antidote.
Pilots treat these as personality labels. They are momentary states everyone slips into, so the goal is catching the attitude and applying its antidote, not deciding you have none.
Where to study it
A code on your test report is an area of deficiency. An authorized instructor must review it with you and endorse that review before you take the practical test, and the examiner may revisit it during the oral. Study it until you can explain it out loud, not just recognize the answer.