It is disappointing today that people are dismissive of CRM due only to what they believe the letter "C" may or may not stand for.
Over the decades,CRM has metamorphosed into an all encompassing philosophy pertaining to the way we interact with others on the ground/in the air, how we interface with our aircraft and the technology onboard; it relates to accident prevention, medical factors, personality profiles/problems and much more besides.
It may be argued that much of CRM should come under the heading of Airmanship; even Nick implies that only bad pilots need this remedial tuition. It is far too easy to write off CRM as some tree-hugging, pinko, Californian irrelevance to the real men of the flying world. Sadly, the same old problems/accidents/errors continue with tedious regularity.
Whatever the perfect pilot ought to be, the majority of us clearly are not.
Unlike the medical profession, we have shown that we can lose much of our famed arrogance and take an honest, inward look at ourselves with a view to solving/avoiding the perennial problems (think CFIT for starters).
It is undeniable that CRM is of value, but I believe it is has outgrown its three letter past. To evolve from the petty semantic chatterings, let's rename this concept.......................