Is anyone familiar with any data that shows a decrement in skilled
performance after CRM training?
The only data I can find related to this pejorative label "boomerang" are
attitude/perception data related to what the pilot thinks about CRM. After
reading some of the end of training critiques about the nonsense that some
of these crew members have endured in the name of "CRM Training", I can
fully understand decrements in their attitudes about CRM. However, I think
we are making a huge mistake by affixing a negative label "boomerang" to
pilots who speak or rate honestly about their discontent with CRM. I have
flown with pilots who are vocal about their discontent with how CRM
training is being done, yet they are perhaps some of the best CRM
performers in the jet. I think we are making an equally large mistake if
we assume that a decrement in attitude = a decrement in performance.
Before we make the assumption that a decrement in attitude about CRM is
worthy of a pejorative label, I think we should have something other than
attitude data.
Any thoughts from the group?
Vince Mancuso