19. Cockpit and Crew Management Flashcards
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Process of maintaining an accurate mental model and requires conscious effort to maintain
SITUATION AWARENESS
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“an accurate perception of operational and environmental factors that affect flight”
This is the definition of what
SITUATION AWARENESS
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There are a few simple guidelines which may help a pilot to maintain good situational awareness;
- Gather as much information as possible from a variety of sources
- Take time to make decisions and resist temptation to jump to conclusions
- Consider all possible interpretations of information before arriving to conclusions
- Try to maintain a running 3-dimensional mental plot of where the aircraft is and how it fits the pattern of events
- Mentally step back from the situation occassionally to think about how and why the current actions fit the bigger scheme of things
- Test hypotheses against known and new facts
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The biggest defence against erro
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
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A breakdown in situational awareness can lead to FALSE HYPOTHESIS or A CRASH
FALSE HYPOTHESIS
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When it becomes increasingly difficult to reconcile new information with the “known facts”, this is a symptom of what
LOSS OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
- try to offload immediate pressure
- Engage autopilot
- Integrate all sources of information
- Pilot who actively works to give themselves time to think stands a better chance of maintaining SA
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The objective of a multi-crew environment is to ensure a proper division of ____ and sharing of ____
- RESPONSIBILITY
- WORKLOAD
- Is intended to safe gaurd an individual crew member adopting a false hypothesis or inappropriate course of action
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Fundamental elements of multicrew concepts are;
[ ] Cooperation
[ ] Communication
[ ] Working together
[ ] Working as an individual
[ ] Bringing your personality to the game
[X] Cooperation
[X] Communication
[ ] Working together
[ ] Working as an individual
[ ] Bringing your personality to the game
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An effective solution to problem of crew changes i.e. different crew rostering meaning the same 2 people dont regularly work together, and countermeasure to threats and errors are ___’s
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
(SOPs)
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Pilots reverting back to SOPs from another airline, particularly when under pressure is known as what
REGRESSION OF TYPE
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SOPs help a crew have a shared ____
MENTAL MODEL
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SOPs in general are written by the MANUFACTORER or OPERATOR
OPERATOR
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The name given to the pre flight talk used to refresh crews memories of actions to be taken during an impending critical phase of flight
CREW BRIEFING
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Crew briefings will include;
[ ] Division of responsibilities
[ ] Planned sequence of events
[ ] Routing factors to be considered
[ ] General catchup and introductions
[ ] Actions in event of emergency
[ ] Special considerations
[ ] Pre take-off and pre-landing briefings
[X] Division of responsibilities
[X] Planned sequence of events
[X] Routing factors to be considered
[ ] General catchup and introductions
[X] Actions in event of emergency
[X] Special considerations
[X] Pre take-off and pre-landing briefings
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Advantages of a checklist;
[ ] Reduce risk
[ ] Fast and speed up efficiency
[ ] Ensures checks carried out in correct sequence
[ ] Schedule checks for periods of low workload
[ ] Take into account safe short cuts
[ ] Inuitive and ergonomic
[ ] Encourage cooperation and cross checking
[X] Reduce risk
[ ] Fast and speed up efficiency
[X] Ensures checks carried out in correct sequence
[X] Schedule checks for periods of low workload
[ ] Take into account safe short cuts
[X] Inuitive and ergonomic
[X] Encourage cooperation and cross checking
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Checklists are performed in 2 methods;
- A TO DO or VERIFICATION list - actions are carried out as they checklist is read out
- A TO DO or VERIFICATION list - read out to confirm actions have been completed
- TO DO LIST
- VERIFICATION LIST
- Both methods use a challenge and response system
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An action pilots will take to reduce the risk of action slip
POINT TO ACTION ITEM BEFORE IMPLEMENTING
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Checklists are an example of what sort of behaviour
RULE-BASED
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Cooperation is distinct from coaction in that it requires an active helpful process of ____ and ____
COMMUNICATION and SHARING
- coaction is where both pilots input information into the FMC
- They are not cooperating together to achieve this task, just doing the same thing at the same time
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A GROUP or INDIVIDUAL are likely to arrive at better decisions
GROUP
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A group may be defined as two or more individuals with shared;
[ ] Characteristics
[ ] Goals
[ ] Values
[ ] Motives
[X] Characteristics
[X] Goals
[X] Values
[X] Motives
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A group with a high degree of cooperation between them is said to have SYNERGY or CAPABILITY
SYNERGY
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Groups with a high degree of synergy tend to be ____, in other words, group memebrs have a strong desire to support each other
COHESIVE
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When individual members of a group display exmtreme conformity to a group for the sake of conformity alone is known as what
GROUPTHINK
- group members afraid to go against the grain
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“Groups tend to adopt riskier courses of action than individuals”
This is the definition of what
RISKY SHIFT
- Differs to groupthink as the group consciously makes a decision to adopt a riskier approach
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Groupthink is marked by what 5 features;
[ ] The group making the decision is usually cohesive
[ ] The group is not very coordinated
[ ] The group tends to be insulated from external information
[ ] The decision-makers fail to systematically examine all the possibilities
[ ] The group have a desire to do things well
[ ] The group is under pressure to reach a decision
[ ] The group is nearly always dominated by a very directive leader
[X] The group making the decision is usually cohesive
[ ] The group is not very coordinated
[X] The group tends to be insulated from external information
[X] The decision-makers fail to systematically examine all the possibilities
[ ] The group have a desire to do things well
[X] The group is under pressure to reach a decision
[X] The group is nearly always dominated by a very directive leader
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“a form of co-operation which involves working in parallel towards a common goal”
This is a definition of what
COACTION
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The opposite to groupthink is a ____ flight deck
SELF CENTERED
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“group members will deny the clear evidence of their own eyes in order to agree with the group view”
This is a definition of what influence over group behaviour
CONFORMITY
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“the likliehood of an individual to carry out a task on request. Individuals are more likely to carry out a task that is otherwise unreasonable if the preceding request was even more unreasonable”
THis is a definition of what influence over group behaviour
COMPLIANCE
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The Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver model defines that there are 4 basic components of interpersonal communication;
[ ] Facial expressions
[ ] Volume
[ ] Receiver
[ ] The message
[ ] The channel
[ ] Composing
[ ] Sender
[ ] Facial expressions
[ ] Volume
[X] Receiver
[X] The message
[X] The channel
[ ] Composing
[X] Sender
- Sender - the person mentally composes a message to relay to another person, taking into accoutn reason or intention.
- The message - The act of transferring this message from thought to words is called encoding
- The channel - The mode of communication used i.e. radio, TV, newspaper etc.
- The receiver - The person decodes the message to understand the information communicated
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