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9. Once the maneuver is complete, establish cruise flight and accomplish all appropriate checklist items. 

## Unusual Attitude Recovery Protection 

Unusual attitudes are some of the most hazardous situations for a pilot to be in. Without proper recovery training on instrument interpretation and aircraft control, a pilot can quickly aggravate an abnormal flight attitude into a potentially fatal accident. 

Analog gauges require the pilot to scan between instruments to deduce the aircraft attitude. Individually, these gauges lack the necessary information needed for a successful recovery. 

EFDs have additional features to aid in recognition and recovery from unusual flight attitudes. The PFD displays all the flight instruments on one screen. Each instrument is superimposed over a full-screen representation of the attitude indicator. With this configuration, the pilot no longer needs to transition from one instrument to another. 

The new unusual attitude recovery protection allows the pilot to be able to quickly determine the aircraft’s attitude and make a safe, proper, and prompt recovery. Situational awareness is increased by the introduction of the large full-width artificial horizon depicted on the PFD. This now allows for the attitude indicator to be in view during all portions of the scan. 

One problem with analog gauges is that the attitude indicator displays a complete blue or brown segment when the pitch attitude is increased toward 90° nose-up or nose-down. 

With the EFDs, the attitude indicator is designed to retain a portion of both sky and land representation at all times. This improvement allows the pilot to always know the quickest way to return to the horizon. Situational awareness is greatly increased. 

NOTE: The horizon line starts moving downward at approximately 47° pitch up. From this point on, the brown segment remains visible to show the pilot the quickest way to return to the level pitch attitude.  [Figure 7-69] 

NOTE: The horizon line starts moving upward at approximately 27° pitch down. From this point on, the blue segment remains visible to show the pilot the quickest way to return to the level pitch attitude. [Figure 7-70] 

It is imperative to understand that the white line on the attitude indicator is the horizon line. The break between the blue and brown symbols is only a reference and should not be thought of as the artificial horizon. 

Another important advancement is the development of the unusual attitude recovery protection that is built into the PFD software and made capable by the AHRS. In the case of a nose- high unusual attitude, the unusual attitude recovery protection displays red chevrons that point back to the horizon line. These 

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