Controlling Pilot Error: Culture, Environment, and CRM (Crew Resource Management)

by Kern, Tony

• ISBN13: 9780071373623
• ISBN10: 0071373624
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-28
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

With up to 80% of accidents attributed to pilot error, this new series is critically important. It identifies and examines the ten top areas of concern to pilot safety. Each book contains real-life pilot stories drawn from FAA/NASA databases, valuable "save-yourself" techniques and an action agenda of preventive techniques pilots can implement to avoid risks. These guides offer the reader expert protection against the causes of up to 80 per cent of aviation accidents - pilot mistakes. This guide focuses on culture, environment, and CRM.

Author Biography

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tony Kern, Series Editor of the Controlling Pilot Error series, is one of the world’s leading authorities on human factors training in aviation. A former lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force, he served as chief of Cockpit Resource Management plans and programs at the USAF Air Education and Training Command. He is author of three bestselling aviation books: Redefining Airmanship; Flight Discipline; and Darker Shades of Blue: The Rogue Pilot, all from McGraw-Hill.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: What Is CRM and Why Should I Care?

Chapter 2: Does CRM Really Work?

Chapter 3: Leadership and Followership: The First Two Essential CRM Skills.

Chapter 4: How It Works: the CRM Loop Process.

Chapter 5: The Missing Link in CRM.

Chapter 6: Attitude Adjustments.

Chapter 7: CRM at the Tip of the Spear.

Chapter 8: The Most Dangerous Game: General Aviation and the CRM Solution.

Chapter 9: The Nest: The Role of Culture in CRM Effectiveness.