INSTRUCTION & FACILITATION
Does performance in the simulator translate to performance in the aircraft? The article by Alex Pollitt explores how flight simulators are used for pilot training and questions whether increasing fidelity (how closely a simulator replicates real flight conditions) always makes training more effective.
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We discuss how CRM training for experienced crews must move beyond reinforcing familiar concepts and instead focus on recalibrating judgement and behaviour in realistic operational contexts. Grounded in adult learning principles, effective training leverages experience, reflection, and authentic challenge to influence how non-technical skills are applied in line operations.
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Old, but not outdated, these two documents from 1988 give an example of how trainers can develop scenario based, table-top exercises, to facilitate learning in non-technical skills.
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In this post from LinkedIn, Aviation Psychologist and Human Factors Specialist Aleksandra Kapela discusses the importance of the instructor in CBTA implementation.
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CRM K-Hub brings you an overview of this comprehensive, science-based checklist for CRM training design and delivery, intended to guide trainers through the full training life-cycle. Meant as a good primer for CRM trainers who are not familiar with core training principles.
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HeliNOTS (Helicopter Non-technical Skills) is a series of behavioural marker systems, developed by the Applied Psychology and Human Factors Group of the University of Aberdeen. There are three HeliNOTS systems, the first two focusing exclusively on pilots: HeliNOTS (O) defining the core non-technical skills and behavioural markers for offshore transport pilots, and HeliNOTS (S) defining the core non-technical skills and behavioural markers of search and rescue pilots. The third, HeliNOTS (SAR) is a crew-based system for both technical and flight crew training and assessment.
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Standards Document 29 is the principal guidance on the requirements for the training and assessment of Human Factors (HF) and Crew Resource Management (CRM) for flight crew under UK Part FCL and consolidates regulatory expectations, training standards, and assessment principles to ensure that CRM/HF training is consistently designed, delivered and evaluated in a way that supports safe flight operations.
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The ICAO Manual of Evidence-Based Training is the foundational reference that formalises Evidence-Based Training (EBT). For instructors it contains competency frameworks and behavioural indicators.
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Crew Resource Management (2nd Edition) is widely regarded as the definitive reference text on CRM training and practice in aviation. Edited by some of the original pioneers in CRM research, this comprehensive volume synthesises decades of empirical evidence, theoretical insight, and real-world applications to offer both depth and breadth on the subject.
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There was a time not so long ago when pilots spoke of CRM frequently and often…this opinion piece from Flightsafety.org discusses some of the challenges faced by CRM training and the changes that have taken place in the last 20 years.
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