I thought there was a tacit contract among all professional aircrews that can be summed up briefly as, “I agree not to kill you.” Expanded, this contract reads: “I agree that during the approach and ...

In December 1978, United Airlines Flight 173 crashed: The cause was determined to be human error. Based on this disaster, the Federal Aviation Administration gave all ...

The commercial aviation industry's crew resource management (CRM) process identifies four specific competencies that crewmembers must abide (live) by to simply avoid crashes. Communications, ...

In our ongoing attempt to reduce the number of preventable deaths and injuries in our occupation, the fire service has explored the aviation industry’s safety protocols and crew resource management ...

Accident Investigation Bureau ( AIB ) on Wednesday attributed poor co- ordination between the two pilots that operated the ill – fated Associated Aviation October 3, 2013 as the cause of the crash ...

Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has taken steps to develop the capacity of personnel saddled with the responsibility of flight crew resource management in airlines flying in the country. Part ...

There is no doubt that crew resource management (CRM), once known as cockpit resource management, has greatly improved the way we aircrews interact and has made aviation safer. Back in the days when ...

Real-world research has shown, for the first time, that the theory of effective crew resource management makes an ‘invaluable contribution’ to the safety and efficiency of police air support in ...