Re: Another example
John Wright (jwa_at_mcmail.com)
Sat, 05 Dec 1998 20:25:58 +0000
Timothy W. Manuge wrote:
>
> Further to the subject of 1 + 1 < 1
>
> Reviewing the Air Florida in DCA. As blunt as this sounds, the First
> Officer let the Captain kill him !
>
> Had the First Officer responded to the sticker shaker by taking control and
> applying full power, they could have flown out of the situation !
>
> Why didn't he react ?
>
> Tim
He did not react because of the autocratic management style on the
flight deck. It is well documented and understood that subordinates will
not assert themselves when this management style prevails. One need look
no further than the Tenerife disaster for that - where CRM training had
its birth place.
John Wright (CRM Instructor for The Danish Maritime Institute)