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A passenger urging a pilot to depart into marginal weather to make an appointment falls under which PAVE category?

Choices

  • ✓ External pressurescorrect

    Schedules and passenger expectations are external pressures in PAVE.

  • Aircraft

    This is not about the airplane’s airworthiness.

  • Pilot

    The pressure originates outside the pilot, not from the pilot’s own fitness.

  • enVironment

    While weather is involved, the appointment pressure itself is external.

Why

External pressures — schedules, passengers, and get-there-itis — are the "E" in PAVE and are a frequent contributor to poor go/no-go decisions.

FAA source: Risk Management Handbook / PAVE checklistPHAK Ch. 2 / hazardous tendenciesbrowse the reference library →

This is taught in Risk Frameworks: PAVE, the 5 Ps and DECIDE — study the lessons free, then practice with grading and mastery tracking.

Original study question written for this course — representative of FAA knowledge-test topics, not an actual current FAA exam question.

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