12/8/2006
FLIGHT TRAINING AND STANDARDS MANUAL
ECLIPSE 500
© Eclipse Aviation Corporation, 2006
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The Eclipse 500 pilot has advanced automation available to assist with SA. The
MFD is especially useful in maintaining SA for aircraft status, weather, terrain,
traffic, airspace, and route.
For some Eclipse 500 pilots, this may be the first turbine powered aircraft they
have operated. Accordingly, maintaining SA of fuel status is a crucial element
of SRM. Like all turbine aircraft, the Eclipse 500 has range and endurance
characteristics which change significantly with altitude. As a result, pilots need
to constantly be considering the impact that ATC driven altitude changes will
have on range and endurance remaining.
SRM Procedures
Eclipse 500 pilots will find that SRM proficiency will improve steadily as
experience is gained. The following inventory of procedures will provide a
starting point for pilots to use in obtaining SRM mastery.
General Procedures and Good Practices
1. Fly only when physically, mentally and emotionally fit.
2. Acknowledge one’s current limitations and operate within them.
3. Operate with the well-being and comfort of the passengers
foremost in mind.
4. Never knowingly operate in violation of an FAR unless the
situation dictates and an emergency has been declared.
5. Maintain a thorough knowledge of airplane systems and
procedures.
6. Accomplish pre-flight planning thoroughly, using all appropriate
resources.
7. Seek advice and support when approaching the limit of one’s
personal comfort zone.
8. Develop a target for every parameter of flight and strive to
achieve it. (e.g., airspeed, altitude, heading, runway centerline
etc.)
9. Maintain proficiency in both manual flight and auto flight.
10. Avoid distractions during climb and descent.
11.
Maintain a sterile cockpit below 10,000 feet AGL during
departure, arrival, and ground operations.
12. Conduct thorough takeoff and approach briefings appropriate to
the circumstances, even when alone.
13. Fly a stabilized approach
14. Practice good checklist discipline.
15. Use Normal checklists every time without skipping items.
16. When called for, use Emergency checklists to completion.
