At 05:44 PM 1/08/97 +0800, you wrote:
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>UNIFORM IN SIMULATORS
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>A question regarding REALISM in an FFS in LOFT. How many airlines or
flight training organisations out there require LOFT trainees to wear
uniform? I know that British Airways does - any others?
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>In terms of "power distance" the 4-gold bars on a more mature and seasoned
Captaint can be seen as a resistor to easy communications from a new pilot
in the right seat.
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>John Bent
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We at Air New Zealand require all our crew to wear uniforms for their CRM
LOFT Sim exercises. There is some discussion within our Standards ranks as
to its usefulness. The arguement is the same as yours in that it creates
more barriers than it breaks down, but the flip side is that it subtely
establishes the cockpit gradient, without it being too big a deal.
There are no formal plans to change.
Chris Kriechbaum
CRM Coordinator
Air New Zealand