PLT272: Stress Management
What code PLT272 covers, why the FAA tests it, and how to study Stress Management before your checkride.
Recall human factors - stress management
What this means for your checkride
Stress is the body's response to demands placed on it, and it accumulates from physical, physiological, and psychological sources. Managed well it sharpens performance, but excessive or chronic stress narrows attention, slows decisions, and raises the chance of an error in the cockpit.
Stress is a human-factors hazard that degrades judgment and skill, so the FAA tests its sources, its effect on performance, and how to manage it.
Stress is not always bad; a moderate level improves performance. The danger is at the extremes, where too little leaves you complacent and too much overwhelms you.
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.