CRM : CRM & Pilot Judgment and Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM)

CRM & PILOT JUDGMENT AND AERONAUTICAL DECISION MAKING (ADM)

Today I want to share a very interesting topic for the prevention of accidents; also I would like to extend and thank all the people who read my Safety Blog altogether around the world.

I could not have to write this Blog without the many Aviation professional sites and books I read during my research to understand why accidents happen and also to give me the opportunity to share my knowledge with the Aviation Community for the prevention of Accidents.

The contents of this Safety Blog present a unique combination of research material and instructional guidelines to all pilots, to understand more concepts regarding aircraft accidents cases in the past, and analyze those lessons into practical techniques to comprehend more about Aviation Safety.

So, I know all Pilots and people working in aviation comprehend the expression about CRM, the principal of Crew Resource Management are based on one simple basis: The effective management of a Pilots available resources, every Pilot can benefit from such a concept, and also studies shown that most Safe and Accident – Free flights are the direct result of Crew Resource Management (CRM).

Therefore, CRM probably could be considered the biggest amount of the SHEL model concept.

All Private Pilots, Commercial Pilots, yourself, your fellow crewmembers, your aircraft, the air traffic controllers personal, maintenance persons, dispatchers, etc. need to know more strong this model about CRM.

This concept has proven so successfully that many of the World’s Airlines have developed at least some from CRM training. The most important core of the CRM program is to create Team Work.

I want to emphasize, the importance of a good communication, and remember, the term CRM is defined as, using all available resources information, equipment, and people to achieve Safe and efficient flight operations. Be prepared all the time; don’t forget the other half of your crew.

The Pilot Judgment and aeronautical decision making is part of the CRM, program. So, in some books I was reading in recent years the FAA, NASA, and all other agencies around the world research facilities individually and collectively addressed the issues of Pilot Judgment and Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM), these studies have since developed into a series of guidebooks that help improve all pilots ability to recognize and control hazardous thought patterns and situations.

It is very important to understanding the terms; Aeronautical Decision Making is a systematic approach to the mental process used by Pilots to constantly determine the best course of action in response to a give set of circumstances.

Well, to all Pilots, I want to highlights the poor judgment chain, sometimes referred to as the Error Chain is a term used to describe this concept of contributing factors in a Human Factors related accident.

The most important is to recognize breaking one link in the chain normally is all that is necessary to change the outcome of the sequence of events.

Always don’t forget to implementing the decision and evaluating the outcome, although a decision may be reached and a course of action implemented, the decision making process is not complete.

It is very important all the time to think ahead and determine how the decision could affect other phases of the flight. Be focused as the flight progress, you as a good Safety Pilot must continue to evaluate the outcome of the decision to ensure that it is producing the desired result.

So, the decision making process normally consist of several steps before you choose a course of action.

I want to help all Pilots who are reading my post, to remember the principal elements of the decision making process, a six step model has been developed using the Acronym DECIDE.

DECIDE MODEL THE STEPS TO TAKE

D-Detect: The Pilot detects the fact that a change has occurred that requires attention.

E-Estimate: The Pilot estimates the significance of the change to the flight.

C-Choose: The Pilot chooses a Safe outcome for the flight.

I-Identify: The Pilot Identifies actions which could successfully control the change.

D-Do: The Pilot does the necessary action to adapt to the change.

E-Evaluate: The Pilot evaluates the effect of the action on the change and on the progress of the flight.

The DECIDE model can provide to your organization a frame work for effective decision making.

Review with your Safety Department and all crew the Risk Management during each flight, decision must be made regarding events that involve interactions between the four risk elements, the pilot in command, the aircraft, the environment, and the operation.

When situationally aware, you have an overview of the total operation and are not fixated on one perceived significant factor

The decision making process involves an evaluation of each of these risk elements to achieve an accurate perception of the flight situation.

The most important is to recognizing hazardous attitudes, if not, can lead to poor decision making and actions that involve unnecessary risk. Remember all the time this expression I’m a SAFE PILOT, I always follow my SAFE Checklist.