SITUATIONAL AWARENESS MANAGEMENT COURSE OUTLINE

Goal of course: To recognize the factors that contribute to a loss of situation awareness and appropriately direct attention and effort to maintain or regain both individual and crew situation awareness.

50 minutes in duration.

I. Introduction

a. What is SA management?

b. Model from 11 June meeting: Plane, Path, People,

c. Contributors to loss of SA:

1. Time Pressure

Schedule

Curfews

Emergency

2. Distractions

External (ATC, Flight Attendants)

Internal (Pilot Crew)

3. Workload Extremes

High

Low

Summary: Maintain vigilance for situations that drive you away, or distract you from, thinking about the plane, its path, and the people who are flying it.

II. Fuel Management Scenario

a. Preventing Loss of SA

Positive habits

Expanded team

III. AA 757 Cali Report

a. Traps - Truths and Consequences:

If something doesnt feel right it isnt

Automation keeps secrets

b. What you can do to have better SA Management:

Focus attention: (plan, detect, interpret, project, revise)

Manage distractions

Plan for contingencies

Create reminders

IV. High Speed Abort company incident report

a. Crew SA:

Resolve Confusion

The strong silent type

Habits are hard to break

Alternate interpretations

Allocating attention

Using Resources

V. Wrap Up and Final Questions

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