It is now normal to have laws relating to driving (as well as flying) with
more than a specified amount of alcohol in the blood. The worrying factor
is that this implies the converse - i.e. that if I don't have any alcohol,
then I must be safe to drive (fly). Of course, this is nonsense, but try
telling a young, inexperienced driver that there are times when (s)he will
be unfit through a combination of e.g. tiredness / common cold / wet roads /
screaming-kids-in-the-back...
How do we get EVERYBODY to decide when they are/are not fit to perform a
risky operation?
How do we teach people:
a)
to stop when unfit?
b)
to see predictable unfitness (e.g. a hangover) in advance, and avoid the
problem, rather than face a difficult (impossible?) decision?
Mark Brunt
mb_at_cae.co.uk
> ----------
> From: Hill, Jeff R[SMTP:Jeff.R.Hill_at_delta-air.com]
> Reply To: crm-devel_at_db.erau.edu
> Sent: 18 February 1999 12:29
> To: 'crm-devel_at_db.erau.edu'
> Subject: Self Assessment
>
>
> To all...
>
> Good morning from Atlanta!
>
> As part of our new hire CRM course, I taught a class to new hire pilots
> yesterday re: fatigue and stress management. We eventually found
> ourselves
> discussing the idea of self assessment prior to flying... especially for
> personal, family, legal stresses, etc. We even discussed personal
> experiences with stressed out pilots continuing to fly.
>
> I asked the pilots if they would tell their captain if they had any
> abnormal
> stress on board with the potential of affecting performance... universal
> answer was that they would NOT.
>
> I asked if they would like their captain to notify them of any abnormal
> stress on board that might affect his/her performance... there were a FEW
> hands.
>
> I then asked if they felt they were good at self assessment. Did they
> know
> when to call it quits and when to continue... universally, they felt that
> they were quite good at seld assessment and that no one else was better.
>
> I am concerned about this last attitude. Are any of you familiar with
> objective data indicating lost of judgment and self assessment during
> periods of personal stress?
>
> Jeff Hill
> Delta Air Lines
>