Core Expectations of Flight Crew Performance with Respect to Situation Awareness Management

Work Group A

Objective - Develop a list of the core expectations with an airline or other operator should place on the performance of its flight crews with respect to managing situation awareness management.

A definition of situation awareness management - The perception of elements in the environment. The comprehension of their meaning. Their projection into the near future.

Recognize that each crew member already has the talent/ability for situation awareness management through demonstration of professional expertise.

Relate individual situation awareness to crew situation awareness = synergy. The sum of the individuals' efforts is greater than the simple summation of all efforts.

Core Expectations with Respect to Situation Awareness Management

Behaviors which Confirm Situation Awareness Management

Responsibilities - knows job and what is expected
  • Adherence to policies and procedures
  • Examinations - knowledge and skill based
Each crew member relates purposefully to the others
  • Insure adherence by others
Each crew member relates their awareness of personally held information to the successful outcome
  • Each adds valid and timely information to others
  • Confirmed in LOFT scenarios
Mission Aware
  • know what has happened
  • know what is happening now
  • can anticipate future status
  • Observe appropriate content of communications
  • Acknowledgments
  • Initiate actions
They play the 'what if' game
  • Appropriate briefings
  • Secondary plans of action
Aware of other domains outside aircraft
  • who they know
  • what they can access
  • Communications: ATC, maintenance, weather, etc.
They are critically aware of prioritization and delegation, especially under high workload
  • Delegation and distribution of duties in LOFT
The crew is effectively feeding back by on-line critique and as a follow-up to flight completion
  • LOFT discussions and debriefings
  • Line observations

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