>The term "Approval" or "Approved" is used throughout CFR 49 to designate
>a procedure or program that is acceptable to the FAA. This means that
>the method of acceptance is specified by the FAA. The other method of
>of complying is "Acceptance." Clarification can be found in FAA Order
>8400.10.
I went into my CD-ROM copy of 8400.10 (through change 10) looking for
guidance on specific approval/acceptance of CRM programs and found very
little. I suspect that most approvals are being done based on the guidance
in FAA Advisory Circular 120-51B, which is available on the CRM Developers
web site at:
http://www.caar.db.erau.edu/crm/resources/ac/ac120-51b.html
Hugo raised some interesting questions relating to "cowboy" pilots and how
their performance impacts CRM training programs. Perhaps some of our
members who are dealing with these issues on a daily basis can address this
better than I. Also, Bob Helmreich has talked about the problem of
"boomerang" trainees who actually get worse after CRM training. I would be
itnerested in hearing from one of our NASA/UT/FAA mambers on that topic.
Best regards,
Neil Krey
neilkrey_at_why.net
http://users.why.net/neilkrey/