Course Description

This course provides an introduction to Crew Resource Management (CRM), focusing on the principles of effective teamwork and communication in aviation. You’ll develop essential 'soft' skills such as communication, aeronautical decision-making (ADM), and critical thinking. Through analysis of real-world incidents where poor CRM played a role, you’ll gain valuable insights into its impact on safety. The course combines classroom instruction with hands-on simulator sessions, giving you practical opportunities to apply and refine these skills. Group 2 course.

Credit Hours

3

Contact Hours

3

Lecture Hours

3

Required Prerequisites

AVG 252 and AVF 132 - both with a 2.0 or better

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge:

• Describe the fundamental principles relating to the role of a first officer.

Application:

• Describe the effects communication has on the safe and effective outcomes of an aircraft flight.

Integration:

• Incorporate effective CRM principles with real world aircrew interactions in aircraft requiring more than one pilot.

Human Dimension:

• Recognize how individual personality traits affects one's interactions with others in the midst of dynamic, safety-critical situations.
• Operate effectively as part of a multi-person crew.

Caring - Civic Learning:

• Describe how human errors, miscommunications, and responses contribute to aircraft accidents.
• Reflect on how their own actions and communication skills directly affect the safe outcome of any given flight.

Learning How to Learn:

• Analyze the effectiveness of crew interactions in rapidly changing situations to determine appropriate modifications to create safe resolutions to unsafe situations.
• Incorporate their own positive study habits as they prepare for recurrent training requirements of the FAA.
• Recognize the importance of self-study in keeping current in their profession.