Re: CRM/ACT in flight manuals
Mclagier_at_aol.com
Fri, 26 Sep 1997 01:17:48 -0400 (EDT)
When I originally posed my question about ACT /CRM in flight manuals, I
didn't realize that I had stopped short of the question that really needed to
be asked. There is definitely a place in flight manuals for CRM, and as
Greg Deen said in part on 9/12 ".... There is a lot of CRM in flight
manuals, it's just not labeled that way...". Because the Navy is just now
starting to develop a "formal" ACT (CRM) program, I do think we have a long
way to go before we have optimized our NATOPS to the concepts of CRM. But
the real question should have been: How do you make CRM as much of a living
entity in day to day operations as Flight manuals have become for the vast
majority of pilots?
Greg goes on to say, in part, ".. it turns my stomach to have people
think CRM is a separate and bounded entity which we turn off and on when the
training department thinks it's time...", And Tony Kern makes the point
that "...Military CRM is on the cusp of success or failure... "
Both of these comments drive right to the heart of effective CRM in the
military. How do you make it a living breathing way of life rather that
trying to implement another "program"? I suspect (for a number of reasons
not the least of which is the greater length of time that civil carriers have
been working on formalized CRM) that this problem is probably more endemic to
the military, and I agree with you Tony that we need an "out of the box"
focused effort to take us (the military) to the next step. Thanks for
helping me focus on what I should really be questioning.
Regards,
Mark Lagier
LCDR USN