U.S. Navy/Marine Corps CRM Training: Separating Theory From Reality

Katherine A. Wilson-Donnelly; Scott A. Shappell

doi:10.1177/154193120404801660

U.S. Navy/Marine Corps CRM Training: Separating Theory From Reality

Katherine A. Wilson-Donnelly, Scott A. Shappell

Federal Aviation Administration, Civil Aerospace Medical Institute

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Abstract

The breakdown or failure of crew resource management (CRM) has been cited as a causal factor in a large number of civilian and military aviation accidents. However, a recent review of the literature has revealed that many of the CRM concepts currently being trained are unrelated and/or unclear, making it difficult to determine the effectiveness of existing CRM training programs. The U.S. Navy/Marine Corps are no different. In an effort to determine the critical skills that should be taught, we examined U.S. Navy/Marine Corps Class A aviation accident data between 1990 and 2000 for CRM failures. In this study, 275 U.S. Naval aviation CRM failures were examined to identify those critical to safety in U.S. Naval aviation. Of the six CRM failures identified, the failure to conduct an adequate brief and the lack of communication accounted for over 50% of the failures examined, suggesting the importance of these areas when training CRM.

Original language	American English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/154193120404801660
State	Published - Sep 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	48th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society - New Orleans, LA Duration: Sep 1 2004 → …

Conference

Conference	48th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Period	9/1/04 → …

Keywords

crew resource management
CRM
air crews
naval aviation
military aviation training

Disciplines

Aviation Safety and Security

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