Re: Nice example?

Jo-Anne Hamilton (jmh24_at_ozemail.com.au)
Mon, 30 Mar 1998 19:00:14 -0800


Dear Guy,

Point taken, but l was being facetious!

Regards,

Jo-Anne

Guy Standen wrote:
>
> Jo-Anne,
>
> Thanks for the input re assertive behaviour. However, perhaps this is
> an example of what not to do. There is no information about the actual
> landing situation, which for all we know could have been safe in
> everyone's view except that of the copilot. The go round sounds
> decidedly unsafe to me. Good CRM calls for appropriate assertive
> behaviour, but more than anything, it calls for a crew working together.
> Captains may not always be right, but a copilot, with less experience,
> that thinks they are always right, can be as, if not more, dangerous.
> Assertiveness from a crew member that results in disharmony, as may have
> been the case here, is the antipathy of what we should be about. Let's
> get back to the basics of why we're interested in CRM at all.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Guy