Re: length of recurrent crm course
CRMDEEN_at_aol.com
Sat, 14 Nov 1998 10:56:24 EST
Hi Rob, Welcome to the group. This group is comprised of a variety of
representatives of academic and commercial entities. We each have a different
recurrent training program, or a vision of a different on.
For myself, I work with the USAF C-130 community. Our recurrent program
has some variables, based upon organizational cultures. The most "standard"
recurrent program is 3 hours of CRM academic refresher, coupled with a MOST
(LOFT) simulator session, as an experiential training opportunity. Without
the simulator, the academic review is 4 hours. Each are attended annually by
the aviators.
We have additional training in "technical" stuff, which for pilots and
flight engineers, is mostly emergency procedure and systems operation.
During each of the two training sessions, CRM is prevelant. The "systems-
refresher" may concentrate on procedural drills, the crew interaction and risk
management are addressed also. The MOST mission emphasizes decision-making
and situational awareness type of issues, but a part of that is technical
knowledge of the aircraft and its malfunctions.
I believe CRM issues can be taught and assessed as a "technical skill",
and blended into a training program that some would think is just technical
stuff. The aviators seem to recieve it well.
I'd advise you to not worry about getting the CRM team to do tech
training, as long as they are competent and respected in their technical
knowledge. In our mission that emphasizes CRM issues, the students will often
want to discuss the technical issue. I usually defer that by saying whether
or not they knew exactly what the malfunction was is part of the issue, but
how they made their next set of decisions, based up their perception of the
problem, is more realistic, and that's what would have happened in the actual
aircraft. We may then go on to how they did, or did not, use available
resources to reach a comfortable knowledge level relative to their problem.
I rambled a bit, but I hope you got the idea.
Welcome to the group, keep those questions coming.
Greg Deen
Raytheon