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Enhancing the Flight Safety Culture Through TrainingIn the 1970's, flight safety professionals became profoundly concerned about the prevalence of crew-caused accidents and incidents, and the role of human error in flight operations. As result, they initiated a change in the flight safety culture which has grown to significant proportions today. At the heart of the evolution were crew concepts such as flightdeck management, crew coordination, and cockpit resource management, concepts which seemed to target critical deficiencies. In themselves, the concepts were not new but their incorporation into training as a direct means of changing the flight safety culture was an untried, almost 'grassroots' approach. The targeted crew concepts and skills were not an integral part of the typical training program; the methods, curriculum, media, and even course content itself, would have to be developed and implemented from the bottom up. A familiar truism in the pilot culture is that you should 'Train the way you fly; Fly the way you train'. In short, training was expected to provide the pilot with practical operational skills that were consistent with the performance standards they were required to maintain and the operational demands they met on a daily basis. In short, one could not simply command crews to use good CRM; one would have to research and define these skills operationally as well as develop and implement a consistent and effective training program. Furthermore, one would need active support and collaboration among the research, industry and government communities in order to ensure acceptance and continued commitment. Additional information is contained in the original extended abstract.
Document ID
20020033624
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Kanki, Barbara G.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Rosekind, Mark R.
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1996
Subject Category
Air Transportation And Safety
Meeting Information
Meeting: Probabilistic Safety Assessment Meetings
Location: Park City, UT
Country: United States
Start Date: September 29, 1996
End Date: October 3, 1996
Sponsors: American Nuclear Society
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: DFTA01-88-Z-02014
PROJECT: RTOP 199-06-12-04
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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