Individual vs. Group training
CRMDEEN_at_aol.com
Sat, 27 Sep 1997 10:51:53 -0400 (EDT)
Interesting thoughts on this dilemma: individual vs. group.
Both forms of training are necessary. Each member of a team has an
appointed role, with specific technical skills. It that person fails that
skill, the team is affected.
Traditional forms of training spend lots of time on the technical
training, little time on the team training. Even within my experience area,
individuals are good at their specific duties, and yet, after the final
checkride, some do not know what the other people in the aircraft really do;
why are they there.
I have a new question for my C-130 crews in the class: who is flying
"solo" in the airplane? What a confused look I get, what a weird question,
they think.
Our normal crew is two pilots, one flight engineer, one navigator, one
loadmaster. Guess who is solo? It's not the pilots.
Here is another interesting observation. ( I call it observation because
I have no data)
1. What is the Pilot's job, and how much of his mental workload goes to
that part?
Fly the plane=20 percent
Manage the mission=80 percent
2. How much time and money was spent training those tasks?
Fly the plane=80 percent
Manage the mission=20 percent
3. Which of those two tasks, when not done properly, accounts for 80
percent of the "human error"?
Think about that.
I wonder if "AQP" could help with this?
Greg Deen
HTI