Hypoxia, Carbon Monoxide, or Worse?

IFR Mastery is a continuing series of online scenario-based workshops for pilots. Here’s a free one to test your skills.

Hypoxia, Carbon Monoxide, or Worse?

You can have a perfectly functioning airplane in perfectly flyable conditions and still have a potential problem with the pilot. How much worry is a headache that could be attributable to the recent head-banging turbulence—or could be the first signs of something more consequential?

Watch The Overview

Evaluate Your Options

Additional resources to help you evaluate the options.

View The Resources

We also encourage you to use your preferred online planning tool or app to review IFR charts, approach plates, routes, and other details as required.

Make Your Choice

Given your options, how would you proceed?

Learn From The Instructor

Listen To The Roundtable

Listen in as our team of instructors discuss and debate the details of this scenario.

Doug Stewart
Choice 3
John Krug
Choice 3/4
Catherine Cavagnaro
Choice 3*
Frank Bowlin
Choice 3
Dave Hirschman
Choice 1
John Zimmerman
Choice 1
Jeff Van West (Moderator)

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Visit The Hangar

Do some valuable hangar flying here with our instructors and other pilots. Share an experience, ask a question, or drill down deeper on a topic from the scenario or roundtable.

(Hangar access is restricted to members only)

Take The Bonus Quiz

In this month’s scenario, after climbing through uncomfortable turbulence getting above the clouds, you take ibuprofen, an over-the-counter (OTC) medication for your nasty headache. Test your knowledge about OTC medications by taking this quiz.

(Quiz access is restricted to members only).

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