Crew Resource Management An Introductory Handbook

Final ReportPDFTech ReportDOT-VNTSC-FAA-92-8DOT/FAA/RD-92/26A1070/FA1EZCrew resource managementFlight crewsFlight trainingUnited States. Federal Aviation AdministrationDriskell, J.E.Adams, R. J.John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)Florida Maxima CorporationAdvanced Aviation Concepts, Inc.NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITYNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human FactorsVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterRecent research findings suggest that crew resource management (CRM) training canresult in significant improvements in flightcrew performance. The objectives of thishandbook are to foster an understanding of the background and philosophy of CRM and toprovide an overview of the development, implementation and evaluation of CRM training.Currently, CRM programs have been implemented successfully at a number of airlines,large and small, civil and military. The variety of CRM training programs suggestthat there are a number of ways to achieve effective CRM