Mario Pierobon draws lessons from a fatal Hawker 800 crash to highlight why thorough briefings and crew coordination should be a central part of any flight operations’ CRM Training.
Psychological safety and interpersonal skills by Kimberly Perkins, focussed on pilots.
In this article Mizzi and McCarthy from Griffith university take a look at flight crew briefings and explain how to incorporate TEM and improve resilience.
Are lengthy, outdated flight deck briefings really contributing to aviation safety? This article by Captains Rich Loudon and David Moriarty from the Royal Aeronautical society Human Factors Group argues that we need to rethink the way we brief operationally and looks at the specifics of what makes a good cockpit brief and why.
Language proficiency does not automatically mean communicative proficiency.
Effective communication in aviation is not merely a convenience, it is a fundamental facilitator of safety, regulatory compliance and efficiency.
This White Paper from the Aircrew Training Policy Group (ATPG) titled The role of native English speakers in safe, efficient radiotelephony focuses on the roles and responsibilities of native English speakers in aviation communications.
In this article, a simple description is given of the SMCR (Sender, Message, Channel, Receiver) is given. For CRM trainers, it can use as a useful starting point for a case discussion on the topic of communication.
Toolshero explains Ofman’s core quadrant model, a useful tool for communication and behavior.
This case study by Rebecca Lougheed on The Aviation Space, looks at an incident from September 10th, 2023, when an Air China A320NEO carried out an emergency landing into WSSS/Singapore Changi international airport after the flight deck and cabin filled with smoke. The focus of the case study is on the communications, because as Lougheed points out they were good and not so good, and as ever provide lessons we can all learn from.
The rose of leary is a useful tool for understanding and influencing behavior.
Takeoff incident on a dark foggy night, situation awareness and communication case study