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Mental Math for Pilots
Second Edition
by Ronald D. McElroy
Cover Design and Layout by Laurel Johansen
Copyright 2004 by Ronald D. McElroy

Printed in the United States of America
Published 2004 by Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.
First Edition published 20002003 by Cage Consulting, Inc.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without written permission by the publisher.

Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.

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ASA-MATH-2-EB

ISBN 978-1-61954-310-2

Introduction

There may be a myriad of reasons why you decided to take a look at this bookperhaps simply because of the title or cover. Regardless of your reason, I want this study guide to help any pilot sharpen his or her skills to better operate in the cockpit amid an ever-growing number of electronic gadgets designed to do our work for us. In short, because of the increased use of calculators and computers over the past few years, many of us either never learned, or have forgotten, the tricks of the trade that help us to work math problems. Whether its simple addition or subtraction, multiplication or division, we have become increasingly reliant on electronics to enhance, supplement, or even replace some of our piloting skills. Forget about being able to do square roots or simple calculus in our heads!

So, what happens? We tend to get sloppy and over-reliant on the airplane black boxes! Many times we dont recognize errors quickly enough or even at all! The more advanced we become with our technology, the more mentally inefficient and lazy we become.

In this book well study the areas where pilots have traditionally needed to have sharp mental math skills. These include such subjects as fuel planning, temperature conversions, reciprocal headings, turn radius, crosswind components, time-speed-distance problems, calculating true airspeed, and the 60-to-1 rule, plus many others.

My goal in writing this study guide is to encourage and help you to be a more professional and precise pilot. As a result, you will be better armed to stay ahead of the flight by using the black boxes to assist you in planning the flight rather than being in the position of asking, Whats it doing now? Or, for those of you without fancy computers to use inflight, this study guide will teach you many of the mental math tools and short cuts you will need to better fly and navigate. After all, the world of aviation is fast moving and multidimensional; we need all the help we can get just to fly from one airport to another.

Make a decision here and now to study and practice, practice, practice the mental math exercises discussed in this book. Once throughjust scanning the exerciseswont do it for most people. Repetition is the key! Repetition is the key!

An additional benefit is in the area of career progression. Simply stated, this study guide may greatly improve your technical performance during each and every airline job interview you receive as you climb the ladder of an airline career. Dont underestimate the significance of this! With tens of thousands of qualified pilot applicants waiting for the chance, airlines can easily screen for the best of the best. So, include yourself in that category and be ready!

If airline interview preparation is your immediate goal, here are some suggestions:

1.Contact Cage Consulting, Inc. at 1-888-899-CAGE for professional airline interview preparation.

2.Build a personal study library to include: AIM, FARs, ATP Test Prep, FEX Test Prep, and the books Checklist for Success: A Pilots Guide to the Successful Airline Interview and Airline Pilot Technical Interviews. Find everything you need to prepare at ASAs website, http://www.asa2fly.com.

3.Plan on 50 to 100 hours of study preparing for your interview. This may include technical study, a review of your own career, and administrative time preparing your application and reviewing your records. Dont wait to prepare! Start now!

I hope you enjoy my presentation of the material. But, as with Airline Pilot Technical Interviews, my success will be measured largely by the depth at which you are able to review and grasp the subjects discussed. I am sure you will learn something new that will help you fly the line a little better!

Ron McElroy

A Note From Cheryl Cage

In my dual roles as Pilot Career Consultant and author I am constantly on the lookout for book subjects that will help pilot applicants prepare for their interviews in the most efficient manner possible. I want my books to lower the stress level of each reader. I want to offer books that can be used for every interview a pilot attends on the road to reaching his or her career goals. I want the books of the Cage Consulting Series to be ragged-eared from use.

Little did I realize when Ron McElroy came to work as a Technical Consultant for Cage Consulting that I had also found the source of our third successful book Airline Pilot Technical Interviews (after Checklist for Success, the book and interactive CD).

Rons aviation knowledge, his innate teaching abilities, coupled with a straightforward writing style made Airline Pilot Technical Interviews a best seller from day one. Mental Math for Pilots is another stellar performance from Ron McElroy. It fulfills all the requirements to be a Cage Consulting book. Mental Math will help raise your math skills thus lowering your stress level during an interview (or in the cockpit!). Whether you are preparing for your very first pilot job, have finally been invited to interview for your dream airline job, or simply are looking to enhance your math skills for everyday cockpit use, Mental Mathwill help you shine.

As always I love to hear from the readers of our books. You may email me directly at the address shown below.

Good luck!

Cheryl A. Cage

President

Cage Consulting, Inc.

cheryl@cageconsulting.com

Chapter 1

Taking the First Step

The root of mental math proficiency lies in the ability to grasp the basic concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The skill level you achieve is simply a reflection of how much work, or repetition, that you put into it. Starting now, in your everyday activities of paying for gas or groceries, giving an allowance to your kids, keeping track of sports statistics or scores, or calculating how much fuel to put in your aircraft, try to do all of them in your head. A good starting point is to write the numbers (or formulas) on a piece of paper, study how you solve the problem, and then push the paper aside and repeat the problem by visualizing what you have just completed. This takes a little extra time and discipline, but repetition and effort is as necessary here as it is with any other skill.

When you discover that you need to calculate a solution to a math problem, first define the problem; i.e., what is the answer you need? Second, look for the right formula to use. Most of the formulas you will ever need are right here in this book. Third, rearrange the formula to solve for the answer that you need. And, fourth, plug in the numbers and solve.

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