Re: psycho-babble
Kerry Douglas (kerry_at_cairns.net.au)
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 13:50:45 +1000
At 19:09 28/04/98 -0300, you wrote:
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>Hi gang,
>I would like (actually I need) to know what do you think about this issue,
>and eventually your wise advise.
>Since Argentina is perhaps the country with more psychologists per
>inhabitants ;), CRM here is also "psycho-oriented".
>But last week in the Civil Aviation CRM Advisory Office we received the CRM
>syllabus from one of our principal airlines which cought us off guard.
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>In the Introduction the authors state, under the title "Ideological Frame"
>(sic), concepts like "accidents are meaningfull acts, unconscious
>constructs, just like lapsus linguae, etc... They occurr in personal crisis
>contexts... Normally the individual remain unaware of the hidden meaning of
>these events". And so on.
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>These authors also have written about the Challanger accident, describing it
>as a collective organizational suicide...
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>After this introduction I expected to read something like a strong
>recomendation for endless psychoanalysis for all pilots, cabincrew and
>dispachers. They propose instead, a group-therapy-like series of seminars,
>with a lot of tools for self-evaluation, etc.
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>I'm rather disoriented, should I accept this program, should I propose some
>modification. In the last case, which one.
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>Thanks in advance for your inputs.
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>Hugo
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>Hugo Leimann
>Civil Aviation and Military CRM Advisor
>Argentine Aviation Authority
>http://www.house.com.ar/users/hf_crm
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>Hello Hugo
The workshops sounds very useful. Good to see they are including cabincrew
and dispatchers. On the surface, Any training or seminar that assists with
self awareness cant be too bad.
Check with them what the goals and objectives of the seminars are and how
the facilitators intend to evaluate the program, also what sort of
psychological support will they offer participants who may require it
post-seminar.
Presumably the training provider has public liability insurance,
occasionally digging around with group therapy can backfire. Particularly
if any participant is involved in an aviation accident post seminar. You
don't want to make any recommendations and then have it come back on your
head down the line!
Its important that participants have the option to participate in the
seminars, they should not be compulsory. Also check how much experience
the facilitators have (real time) doing this work with the aviation industry.
Cheers Kerry Douglas
PS Whata ya recon Jo anne?
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