Subjects (with reading assignments) to be covered in Step V initial brief and stage check:

VFR Sectional

Subject Reading Assignment

Symbology Verify that you have current VFR charts and review chart legend
Airspace & Airspace Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25) pages 13-1 to 13-5
Weather Minimums

VFR Flight Planning (Review as Required)

Subject Reading Assignment

Altitudes Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25) pages 14-4 to 14-16
Checkpoint Selection
Aircraft Performance Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25) pages 9-1 to 9-20
Weight & Balance Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25) Chapter 8
Including Weight Shift
NOTAMs
Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25) page 12-3
A/FD
Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25) page 12-1
Navigation Log
Computations
Pilotage and Dead
Reckoning
Diversion and Lost
Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25) pages 14-27 to 14-28
Procedures

Minimum Equipment List

Subject Reading Assignment

Aircraft that require an Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25) pages 7-6 to 7-11
MEL
FAR 91.205, 91.207, 91.209, 91.213, 21.197, and 21.199
Letter of Authorization
Advisory Circular (AC) 91-67
Supplemental Type
Certificate
Instrument and equipment
exceptions
Special Flight Permits
Deferring maintenance
without an MEL
Aeromedical and Physiological Aspects of Night Flying

Subject Reading Assignment

Aeromedical Factors Jeppesen Instrument/Commercial Manual “Aviation Physiology” 1-40 to 1-55
Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25) pages 15-1 to 15-12
CAMI Physiology Videos:
• Fatigue in Aviation
• Fit for Flight
• Flying & Hypoxia
• Hyperventilation - When Flying Takes Your Breath Away
• Motion Sickness and Aviation
• Physics of the Atmosphere
• Respiration and Circulation
• Self-Imposed Stress and Aviation
• Trapped Gas
• Spatial Disorientation Part 1
• Spatial Disorientation Part 2

Lighting and Equipment for Night Flying

Subject Reading Assignment

Lighting and Equipment FAR 91.209
for Night Flying
Airplane Flying Handbook – (FAA-H-8083-3A) pages 10-1 to 10-8

Supplemental Oxygen and Pressurization

Subject Reading Assignment

Supplemental Oxygen and FAR 91.211
Pressurization
Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25) pages 5-24 to 5-28
Jeppesen Instrument/Commercial Manual “Oxygen Systems” pages 11-22 to 11-30
Jeppesen Instrument/Commercial Manual “Cabin Pressurization” pages 11-30 to 11-
36
CAMI Physiology Videos:
• The Ups & Downs of Cabin Pressurization
• Understanding Aviation Oxygen Equipment
• Altitude Induced Decompression Sickness

Other

Subject Reading Assignment

Privileges of a FAR 119.1(e)
Commercial Certificate
NTSB Part 830 (in the FAR/AIM book)
Accident/Incident
Reporting Requirements FAR Part 1 Definitions
with the NTSB  Air Commerce, Air Carrier, Air Transportation, Commercial Operator
Definition of
Accident/Incident

Feel free to supplement these readings with others from the Airplane Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-3A), the Pilot’s
Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25), the FAR/AIM and the Jeppesen Instrument/Commercial Manual.