Requirements for Crew Resource Management Training

Good crew resource management (CRM) is an essential contributor to flight safety. Pilots’ basic training and recurrent CRM training emphasize, among other matters, the importance of standardized communication and a preparedness to interfere with situations that are felt to involve a potential safety hazard. Most serious incidents occur on runways and taxiways. Investigation into this particular incident revealed a lack of appropriate CRM-related communication between the flight crew members during the landing roll, which affected their vigilance and situational awareness.

EASA investigates how CRM training for ground operations can be enhanced.

Good crew resource management (CRM) is an essential contributor to flight safety. Pilots’ basic training and recurrent CRM training emphasize, among other matters, the importance of standardized communication and a preparedness to interfere with situations that are felt to involve a potential safety hazard. Most serious incidents occur on runways and taxiways. Investigation into this particular incident revealed a lack of appropriate CRM-related communication between the flight crew members during the landing roll, which affected their vigilance and situational awareness.