Luis F R
Copilot RJ-100
Sam Airlines
-----Original Message-----
De: cxcrm <cxcrm_at_cxair.com>
Para: crm-devel_at_db.erau.edu <crm-devel_at_db.erau.edu>
Fecha: Lunes 17 de Agosto de 1998 11:24 PM
Asunto: Re: Culture
>
>Ashleigh Merritt wrote:
>>
>> Steve and others,
>>
>> re your questions
>> > Did anybody discuss either of the following at the conference?
>> >
>> >1) The issue of people from different cultures operating in the same
>> >cockpit as a crew.
>> >
>> >2) How a pilot performs, CRM wise, as a function of the culture in
which
>> >the pilot received their initial flight training. ie. a) A pilot
receiving
>> >initial flight training in the same culture as their home culture and b)
a
>> >pilot receiving initial flight training in a different culture to their
home
>> >culture.
>>
>> yes both these issues were discussed in different groups. In answer to
your
>> first question, there was strong recognition that the company culture can
>> help channel the different national cultures via good SOP's. There was
also
>> agreement that acknowledging cultural differences was an important step
in
>> developing harmony. John Bent of Cathay Pacific has some interesting
views
>> on this subject (we don't completely agree, but that makes it more
>> interesting)
>>
>> The issue of initial flight training outside one's national culture was
>> raised by some people from China I believe. They know that their cadet
>> pilots return with different values, and that this causes problems, but
>> interestingly, they are not sure what to do about it. The don't know
>> whether to pull the cadets to the old values, or push some of the older/
>> ex-military pilots to the new values. There is a struggle for best
>> practices within the airline, as I imagine there is in most airlines.
>> Ashleigh
>>
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>>
>> Ashleigh Merritt email: amerritt_at_worldnet.fr ph: +33 1 48 64 55 47
>> Christine Fassert email: cfassert_at_worldnet.fr ph: +33 1 48 64 57 50
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>Following on from Ashlrigh's valid comments, the workshop I attended at
>the conference contained an extremely impressive trio of representatives
>from an Asian carrier. To say the least, their input was extraordinary
>even though only one of them was fluent in English. They were quite
>emphatic that cadets learning in another country had a slower transition
>into the operation. Their current preference was to train locally and
>allow the international exposure to occur at a later date. This
>probably opens a huge debate, but I am obliged to offer no further due
>to the confidentiality agreement that we undertook in the workshop other
>than to say that I learnt a lot which I always do..
>Julian Hipwell
>