ABSTRACT
Air carriers initiated and implemented Crew Resource Management (CRM) more than 25 years ago. In spite of the importance placed on CRM training and human factors* skills by the aviation industry, the integration of CRM in initial pilot training is still nearly nonexistent. Most initial pilot training remains focused on the individual pilot, rather than on the pilot as a member of a team and of an aviation community of expertise. Indeed, the individualistic approach remains common in initial flight training programs. This chapter will address several important questions:
• what CRM skills are required of professional pilots? • how does a curriculum incorporating CRM differ from the current initial
training curriculum? • what subject matter and teaching strategies can be implemented in initial
flight training to include CRM skills? and • what are the essential elements of a plan that will integrate CRM into
initial flight training?
