Your notes are well received, thank you. I would have to agree with
you. Coming from an engineering psychology background, I see the vital
importance (and often overlooked effects) of policy and regulations and
their ability to impact the system (many times negatively if they're poorly
constructed).
Thanks again! If you'd all like, I can think of a few more
questions to pose to the group to keep the blood pressure up....just let me
know :-)
Regards,
Ephi
>Hello Ephi,
> Your definition, or rather explaination, is fine. I would add an addition
>phrase to set the objective of CRM programs:
> "It is defined as the effective management of all resources
>available to the aviation operators, to achieve safe and efficient flight
>operations".
>
> One additional comment: many programs center around "core elements" as
>topics, and these topics are generic to so many operations. Elements such as
>"situational awareness, decision-making, communication, workload management,
>etc." Few seem to put emphasis on an element which I take very seriously;
>policy and regulations. In a very simplistic view, I truly believe that if
>an aviation community had a clear and rational set of rules, which were
>respected and followed by the members of that community, safe and efficient
>flight ops would result. Many accident investigations contain the violation
>of rules, usually without a justifiable reason. While it can be easily
>argued that we can not regulate for every dynamic in the aviation operation,
>I will propose that rules keep us safe, retain the experience of past
>mistakes, and are the FIRST flag of a developing ERROR CHAIN.
>
>good luck, and I hope the warehouse isn't too full of explosives.
>
>Greg Deen
>HTI-C-130 ATS
>
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