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Crew (or Cockpit) Resource Management (CRM) training
originated from a NASA workshop in 1979 that focused on
Home improving air safety. The NASA research presented at this
meeting found that the primary cause of the majority of aviation
Introduction
accidents was human error, and that the main problems were
Module 1 – Information failures of interpersonal communication, leadership, and
Processing decision making in the cockpit. CRM training encompasses a
Module 2 – Human wide range of knowledge, skills and attitudes including
Error, Reliability and communications, situational awareness, problem solving,
Error Management decision making, and teamwork; together with all the attendant
Module 3 – Fatigue and sub-disciplines which each of these areas entails.
Workload Management
Module 4 – Situational
Awareness CRM can be defined as a management
Module 5 – system which makes optimum use of all
Communication &
available resources – equipment, procedures
Management
and people – to promote safety and enhance
Module 6 – Automation
the efficiency of flight operations.
Module 7 – CRM for
Single Pilots
Temporary
This CRM tutorial is presented as a temporary measure while
we further develop CrewResourceManagement.net into a more
robust and usable resource. The primary focus of the site will be
a blog contributed to by an array of industry professionals.
The reality is, it’s unlikely that all or any of these groups will be
rostered to complete the exercises together. It’s generally
inappropriate to conduct CRM training online (single pilot) since
the whole topic is based around the involvement of multiple
people.