Llondel - I see exactly what you mean - as far as the gradient going from east to west, it can still happen in surprising places - but the better the training - the less likely. There's been a few spats here over the years - a couple involving well known foreign carriers (not referring to RA, by the way) in which CRM breakdown and conflict between crew members were the major factors – fortunately only damage and no injuries. As already said by bomarc:
If you want good safe flying, you TRAIN everyone the same way. Demand following the operations rules and specifications and procedures.
And not just initial/qualifying training - but recurrent also.
As far as “loss of face” (for want of a better term) and CRM is concerned – someone else here on PPrune has already said the best place for egos is hung outside the cockpit before entering. They are of course correct.
Perhaps a human psychology course should be part of pilot training
Well, in a way, it already is an intimate part of CRM, in training and practice – especially from the point of view of it being the means to circumvent the negative aspects of psychology – when it is practised as intended. At the end of the day, CRM can be regarded as a tool which works well in theory, but in practice, I personally think it can have its vulnerabilities – like many other ‘tools’. Human factors studies have been an important part of aviation for quite some time – the problem is more a case of consistency in terms of geography. In some places it’s lack of financial commitment/availability to proper training/practice – in others it’s lack of will/motivation(whether political or otherwise).