Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This animation explains how to use the IMSAFE checklist to assess your fitness to fly and make safe decisions before every flight.
Before you take off, check the most important system — you.
The IMSAFE checklist helps pilots assess their physical and mental fitness by reviewing illness, medication, stress, alcohol, fatigue and eating. Understanding how each factor affects your concentration, judgement and reaction time is key to preventing accidents.
Refresh your knowledge before your next flight. Find more information in the pilot safety hub: civilaviation.au/weather-and-forecasting
Extra resources
Visual Flight Rules Guide (VFRG) – civilaviation.au/VFRG Part 91 Plaining English Guide - civilaviation.au/Part-91-Plain-English-Guide
Aviation medicine fact sheets and case studies - civilaviation.au/AvMed-Factsheets
Standard personal minimums checklist - civilaviation.au/Standing-personal-minimums-checklist
This animation explains how to use the IMSAFE checklist to assess your fitness to fly and make safe decisions before every flight.
Before you take off, check the most important system — you.
The IMSAFE checklist helps pilots assess their physical and mental fitness by reviewing illness, medication, stress, alcohol, fatigue and eating. Understanding how each factor affects your concentration, judgement and reaction time is key to preventing accidents.
Refresh your knowledge before your next flight. Find more information in the pilot safety hub: civilaviation.au/weather-and-forecasting
Extra resources
Visual Flight Rules Guide (VFRG) – civilaviation.au/VFRG Part 91 Plaining English Guide - civilaviation.au/Part-91-Plain-English-Guide
Aviation medicine fact sheets and case studies - civilaviation.au/AvMed-Factsheets
Standard personal minimums checklist - civilaviation.au/Standing-personal-minimums-checklist
