RE: CRM Videos

A. Ponce (aponce_at_ext.step.es)
Sat, 4 Oct 1997 13:28:18 -0100


Hi Charlie,

Don,t you think that,s what CRM is all about?.I mean, people who watch a
CRM film,
and I don,t care how cathastrofic it is, and thinks, Oh that will never
happen to me!!
are the ones who need CRM training the most?.

Regards,. Alex.
> De: CharlieRU_at_aol.com
> A: crm-devel_at_db.erau.edu
> Asunto: Re: CRM Videos
> Fecha: viernes 3 de octubre de 1997 15:34
>
>
> To all,
> CRM videos do have a place in training but there are some disadvantages
that
> I see.
> "Smoke and Fire" videos (my term) have a tendency to disconnect from the
> audience. Sure they watch them, but the uniqueness may be the hook
point,
> not the content. And yes they do say, "what a bunch of errors" or
whatever.
> But many aviators, like anybody else, think: that's not me, not my unit,
not
> my culture...there is a disconnect. People will construct protective
> barriers to seperate themselves from the disaster at hand. That is where
the
> problem arises. Fear can only produce short term behavior changes..like
> about a minute. In my 22 years as a C-5 Flight Engineer, I never saw a
crew
> in an emergency say "Oh yeah, what happened in that video we saw last
year?"
> Don't get me wrong videos are great tools up to a point and specifically
> they can make a point real clear when supplemental to a good CRM
facilitator.
> I've seen them all. And I've seen the reaction of the audiences, shaking
> their heads in disbelief only to engage in the same behavior themselves
some
> time in the future. I like the positive CRM outcome videos: CRM
narrated by
> John Nance and the old: MAC 249 What Are Your Intentions? Just a
thought!
> Have Fun Fly Safe
> Charlie