Human factors for flight crew

The flight crew has to work as a team in the confined space of the cockpit. Important decisions – often irreversible – have to be taken under time pressure and require optimum synergy between the crew members. Safety depends on it.
 

Your expectations

You wish be in compliance with the regulatory requirements

You want to sensitize your crews to the characteristics and to the limits of human activity.

In order to improve safety even more, you want to improve communication and coordination between the crew.

Our Offer

This 3 to 4 day seminar (according to the number of participants) presents the theoretical concepts in relation to the regulatory framework, in a w ay that is concrete and adapted to your own context, in terms of fleet, operations, and socio-cultural references.

It is based around between participants and instructor, with feedback and real-life operational experiences.

You can purchase the course for your initial and recurrent training (as defined by JAR OPS1 under part N).

Pedagogical objectives

Increase crew awareness of its environment.

Encourage individual integration of each member of the Captain-Co-pilot tandem so as to optimize cabin crew synergy.

Take into account the implications in human factors of automatic systems and new technology in modern cockpits.

To improve communication between the crew, and to increase awareness of Man-Machine and Machine-Man communication.
 

Course Content

Presentation, introduction

Human error

Culture of aviation safety, SOP, organisational factors

Stress management, fatigue and vigilance

Acquisition and handling information:, situational awareness

Spirit of decision

Communication

Command

Automation, philosophy of the use of automatic systems

Specific differences linked to different types of airplane

Case studies

Feedback and the ethical charter

Other areas needing additional attention required by the flight safety service in your airline or updating of CRM skills. The revision of programmes takes place over a period of 3 years, taking into account anonymous evaluations of crews in this area, and of information specified by the flight accident prevention programme in your airline.

This course lasts three to four days according to the number of participants.