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Cockpit/Crew Resource Management (CRM).
1.8. Cockpit/Crew Resource Management (CRM).
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1.8.1. The following topics are covered in detail in AFMAN 11-290; however, a simplified explanation of the concepts is sufficient for the early stages of flying training. The CRM program is designed to develop aircrew skills in recognizing and responding to the conditions that lead to aircrew error. While flying, CRM is the effective use of all available resources to accomplish mission objectives safely and efficiently. CRM centers on the following six skills:
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1.8.1.1. Communication. Communication is the sharing of information with others to cause action. Communications may direct, inform, question, or persuade.
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1.8.1.2. Crew/Flight Coordination. Proper coordination includes crew/flight integrity and wingman consideration. Crew/Flight integrity requires the utilization of all members of a flight to accomplish the mission. Wingman consideration requires flight members to recognize each other’s limitations and plan or act accordingly.
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1.8.1.3. Mission Analysis. Includes pre-mission analysis and planning, briefing, and post-mission debrief.
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1.8.1.4. Risk Management. Logic-based, common-sense approach to decision making is based on human, material, and environmental factors. The goal is to match risk to the mission, not completely eliminate risk.
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1.8.1.5. Situational Awareness. SA is the continuous perception of self and aircraft in relation to the dynamic environment of flight, threats, and mission. It also includes the ability to forecast, then execute tasks based upon that perception.
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1.8.1.6. Task Management. Task management is the ability to establish priorities and alter a course of action based on new information. It includes management of automation, effective use of available resources, checklist discipline, and compliance with standard operating procedures.
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1.8.2. CRM is designed to focus aircrew members on agencies, procedures, and resources available to enable mission success. To do this, locally developed CRM checklists describe behaviors to reinforce and others to avoid. A CRM topic will be included in the mission brief; it should be tailored to specific mission requirements or conditions; and it will be evaluated during the debrief.
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