Brunei DCA CPL(A) Human Performance study plan

Label each structure of the eye and ear and state its role in flight-relevant perception

Explain how the vestibular system signals angular and linear acceleration, and name the three most common vestibular illusions with the flight condition that provokes each

Distinguish somatosensory cues from visual and vestibular cues and describe a case where they conflict

Define sensory illusion terminology precisely enough to answer recall questions without notes

Describe the oxygen cascade from cabin air to tissue and identify where it fails in hypoxia

Compare hypoxic, hypemic, stagnant and histotoxic hypoxia with one aviation example each

State typical time of useful consciousness bands for 25000 ft and 35000 ft and explain why they differ

List the early and late signs of hypoxia and explain why the early ones are unreliable in self-detection

Explain hyperventilation, its overlap with hypoxia, and the corrective actions for each

Explain how the respiratory and circulatory systems respond to increasing altitude

Describe the effects of positive and negative G on the body and the countermeasures a pilot uses

Identify the physiological causes of night vision degradation and state practical mitigation

Summarise the body's response to low humidity and trapped gas expansion during climb

Distinguish decompression sickness from barotrauma by mechanism, onset and typical site

Explain the mechanism and prevention of barotitis, barosinusitis, barodontalgia and altitude-related abdominal gas pain

Define spatial disorientation and classify the main types with a cockpit example of each

Describe the mechanism of motion sickness and list non-pharmacological and pharmacological countermeasures

State the flight-time and fitness rules that apply after scuba diving or a recent DCS episode

Explain the two-process model of sleep regulation and the role of circadian rhythm in alertness

Describe sleep stages and how cumulative sleep restriction degrades performance

Identify fatigue causes in commercial operations and the difference between rosters that look legal and rosters that are safe

Apply practical fatigue mitigation strategies to a sample multi-day roster

Explain the inverted-U relationship between arousal and performance with an aviation example

Distinguish acute from chronic stress and list physiological and behavioural stress indicators

Describe the main models of information processing and attention and where workload bottlenecks appear

Identify the perceptual and decision biases most relevant to pilots and give a countermeasure for each

Summarise personality and attitude concepts relevant to flight safety without relying on labels as explanations

Explain the SHELL and Reason models and place a sample incident within them

Distinguish error types, violations and the role of threat and error management in countering them

Describe CRM competencies including communication, leadership, teamwork and briefing practice

Explain the components of situational awareness and the common pathways to losing it

Describe the decision-making models used in aviation and the traps that degrade judgement

State the automation pitfalls a low-hours pilot must guard against and the health and fitness obligations that affect licence validity

Recall key facts from all ten domains under timed conditions

Resolve every item answered incorrectly in earlier weeks and explain the correct reasoning aloud

Practice applying human performance knowledge to scenario-style questions rather than pure recall

Identify the two weakest domains and close the specific factual gaps in each