Available Resources; Internal; External; Situational Awareness - Eclipse Aviation Eclipse 500 Flight Manual

Available Resources

Managing work load drivers is the more reactive part of task management. The
Eclipse 500 pilot will find that SRM will be more effective by proactively
managing all available resources.
The major resources to be managed and used in preflight planning and while
en route include:

Internal

Pilot knowledge
Fuel/range/endurance
PFD/MFD
External sensors (weather data link, etc.)
FMS
Auto flight
Checklists
Charts
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's)
Cockpit organization
Passengers

External

Air Traffic Control
FAA Flight Service Stations
Dispatch services such as JetComplete
Other airplanes
Fixed Base Operators (FBO's)
The quality of operational decisions and therefore the ongoing safety of the
flight is the result of how well these resources are managed.
Two pilot crews have the advantage of workload sharing, and monitoring
and cross checking critical activities. The single pilot must compensate with
training, currency, proficiency and the habit of planning ahead.
The anthem is, "Do things when they can be done; don't wait until they must
be done." Do as much as possible before takeoff. Prepare for the approach
at altitude rather than during descent when the workload is increasing. Use
flight automation for workload relief and precision.

Situational Awareness

The other crucial element of SRM is maintaining situational awareness (SA).
SA may be defined as knowing where one is, in four dimensions, relative to
weather, terrain, traffic, airspace, route, fuel remaining, aircraft status, and
external events.
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