Learjet 36 Aircraft Case Study

One of the external factors that they have to face is the weather. During bad weather’s period of time or at night, they will have poor visibility or the heavy clouds may blocks their view and affects their circadian rhythm on performance.
The needs of flight physiology awareness is important for aviation crews because they have to take necessary actions to avoid any mishap such as hypoxia or hyperventilation from happening to them or to the passengers as well. For example, if hypoxia happens, the pilot should declared an emergency and advise the passengers to use the oxygen masks and start to descend the aircraft to a safe altitude of 10,000 feet so that more oxygen can take place and prevent the hypoxia from happening. Therefore, pilots will have additional training and preparation so that they can prepare for these type of situation. In addition, the serious effects of hypoxia can be very incapacitating in just a matter of minutes or even seconds for the pilot to acknowledge at a very high altitude. (AVweb, 1999)

Figure 3.1 shows the oxygen levels at different altitudes

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Learjet 36 aircraft’s pilots cruising high over the airspace in Cleveland Center encountered a desperate fight for survival but at that time they did not even realize it yet. They were
Pilots who never venture into a high altitude flying will tend to regard it as a simple term. Therefore, before pilots attempt to fly at high altitudes, they have to understand that this flight regime need to have additional training and preparation as well. Pilots who fly an unpressurized aircraft in the flight levels also requires to have additional knowledge about high-altitude aerodynamics, physiology and meteorology, flight planning consideration, special equipment needs and more besides just the basic considerations about the oxygen