The Red Flag Kit There are three parts to the RFS Kit:   TheRed Flag Reference Manual (Fit to Fly).   Sent by mail as soon as possible after your subscription.   User Guide   The User Guide is downloaded from Papers .   The Checklist . When you purchase The Kit, the Checklist accompanies Fit to Fly in the mail.
	Fit to Fly Fit to Fly is, essentially, a cognitive fitness self-appraisal and exercise guide. People who are cognitively fit are lower accident risks. Two excellent reviews were published in Australian Flying and Australian Aviation. You will find those reviews in your User Guide. An unfavourable (and unsolicited) review appeared in the magazine of the Australian Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). Without being overtly critical, the reviewer said words to the effect that he couldn’t work out what the author was trying to say. In short, as an exercise in searching self-review it will make some people uncomfortable. Being able too deal with aversion to introspection is a vital safety defence.
	Checklist Carried in a pocket at all duty times. There is just one Action page – to be used at the point of decision. You apply its Risk Management (RM) process. Other pages list brief tips that daily remind of Red Flag’s underlying principles. The User Guide directs use. Basically: • You take The Checklist out when you anticipate the need for a critical decision. • Declare, “This is a Red Flag situation.” • Follow the Risk Management process (back page). The Checklist is printed on tough plastic for durability. It comprises 5 double-sided pages, one of which is the "Action page". The Risk Management tool is on the last page. (See User Guide)
Over time, just touching the Checklist – and putting it in your pocket each day – will stimulate safety vigilance.