As previously discussed, identifying hazards and associated
risk is key to preventing risk and accidents. If a pilot fails
to search for risk, it is likely that he or she will neither see
it nor appreciate it for what it represents. Unfortunately in
aviation, pilots seldom have the opportunity to learn from
their small errors in judgment because even small mistakes
in aviation are often fatal. In order to identify risk, the use
of standard procedures is of great assistance. One guide in
the form of a checklist that helps the pilot examine areas of
interest in his or her preflight planning is a framework called
PAVE. Elements of PAVE are: