Decision making

[tom35]

Hi,
Is there a commun memory guide that lead you to a good decision after a technical failure, in the UK's airlines?
Thanks

[CAT1 REVERSION]

Lots,

D - Diagnosis
O - Options
D - Decide
A - Assign/Act
R - Review (the plan)

G - Gather
R - Review
A - Assess
D - Decide and Do
E - Evaluate

S - Share
A - Analyse
D - Decide
I - Implement
E - Evaluate

And so on.....

Common sense is still permitted in aviation too:ok:

[OPEN DES]

Pff real nonsense. I always love it when they change the decision making model. As if we have been doing it totally wrong the years before..........

[bfisk]

This is common in FAA-land at least:

Detect/Define -- what's wrong?
Estimate -- the need for corrective action
Consider -- the alternatives
Identify -- the best alternative
Do -- it
Evalute -- the outcome

or other variants... they basically say the same thing: sit on your hands and think it through before you do something.

[AIRSEABISCUIT]

Maybe you have enough but here is another one, actually my favourite:

F - Facts
O - Options
R - Risks and benefits
D - Decision
E - Execution
C - Check

FORDEC:ok:

[DC-ATE]

How 'bout:

T - Throttle
F - Feather
M - Mixture
F - Firewall Shutoff
E - Etc.

Takes care of a lot of things. 'Course that's AFTER you DECIDE what to do! With a run-a-way prop though, there isn't much time to decide!:8

[FE Hoppy]

S - Situation analysis
P - Preliminary actions
O - Options
R - Risk analysis
D - Decide
E - Execute
C - Check


I don't know who makes these things up but its what my dad called common sense and my RAF instructors called basic Airmanship!

[18-Wheeler]

Is there a commun memory guide that lead you to a good decision after a technical failure, in the UK's airlines?

Yes - The SOP's and QRH.

[PEI_3721]

There is a good presentation – ‘Making Better Decisions’, in the library section of Aviation Safety Connection (http://aviation.org).
Free registration is required, but it’s worth the effort as other presentations on Critical Thinking and Situation Awareness (amongst other materials) should be reviewed before Decision Making