CRM started in the 80s and won't finish until someone bucks up and realises it has done nothing for the accident rate and that it's a huge waste of time and money.
It's a stark thought, but not without foundation in statistical fact. The accident rate (or rather, rates, as we should take account of the appalling figures for the few first generation jet transports still flying - which are now significantly more risky than they were when new) shows no improvement over the time that CRM training has been introduced.
The things that worry me about 'CRM' are that a great deal of what passes for CRM 'training' is the worst kind of nonsense delivered by people with no knowledge of the subject, and that the genuine ingredients which make up a competent pilot have been forgotten about, and with that, we've forgotten to teach new pilots some of the important stuff that they need to know and be able to do....
Another stark thought: What is CRM? If you can't answer that in one simple sentence, then how can you possibly build a syllabus from it?
Last edited by Kit d'Rection KG; 6th Apr 2006 at 13:01.