HAI/BRYAN MATUSKEY
10BESTPRACTICES By Greg Calvert
10 Best Practices for
Conducting Crew Briefings Equip your team with critical safety information before every flight.
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ANY OF US IN CREWED AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS FUNCTION REGULARLY AS A TEAM, know each other well, and often work on repetitive missions. This can be a positive, but as we all know, it can also be a recipe for stagnation and complacency.
One human-factors study of commercial accident data (Shappell et al., 2007) found that 80% of crew
resource management (CRM) failures involved preflight activities, including briefings and planning. A good crew conversation about the PAVE (Pilot, Aircraft, enVironment, External pressures) elements can interrupt the error chain by arming your team with the information it needs to complete individual and collective OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) loops throughout its shift and flights. Because 14 CFR 91.103 only scratches the surface of the preflight information available, consider adding these 10 best practices to your crew briefings.
Use the IMSAFE (Illness, Medication, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, Emotion/Eating) mnemonic.
Ask your crew members to continuously evaluate themselves following this model and to formulate answers before arriving at work, with a final evalua- tion at the beginning-of-shift briefing. With heli- copter operators’ dynamic work environments, IMSAFE elements can change quickly, thus requir- ing constant reassessment.
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Discuss weather and terrain threats. A detailed discussion of forecasted atmospheric
conditions and effects gives the crew a better understanding of the environment before the tones ever sound. Be sure to include space weather and its possible effects on GNSS (global navigation satellite systems) and communications. The more informa- tion crew members have, the more confidently they can start their shift.
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