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"It is a pseudo-science introduced to aviation to compensate for 'military only' trained captains who have never been an FO in civilian aviation
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That is one point of view. From personal experience of having flown 3000 plus hours on Lancaster Mk 4 four engine heavy bombers (known as the Lincoln), and crewed as second pilot to ranks from Group Captain and Squadron Leader right down to Pilot Officer and Sergeant Pilot, I can honestly say I never saw one instance of the mythical I AM GOD THE COMMANDER pilot, so beloved of CRM aficionados.
I cannot say the same from my long experience in the airline industry. There was certainly no shortage in that game of arrogant puffed up four bar "captains" who were never worthy of the title. These idiots were the career busters some of which went on in retirement to be tin-pot little Hitlers in the simulator who glorified in their perceived power to make life hell.
The myth of the military pilot being the basis of the huge money making cottage industry called CRM and its half brother TEM invented by the University of Texas aviation trick cyclists, is one of the greatest cons in aviation history.
Of course there was the occasional twit in the military but it is quite illogical and certainly inaccurate to typecast all former or current military pilots as idiots whose pompous attitude to their subordinates on the flight deck was the catalyst for the invention of CRM or whatever important sounding title becomes the next cash cow for a newly graduated aviation psychologist.