An Army perspective:
From day 1 of basic training each recruit is paired up with a "buddy" with whom that recruit is mutually dependant. Fro the first week of room inspections, recruits are not given the time to prepare alone, rather they are put under pressure so that each member of the team is dependant on the others to get through. The principle is that if one passes all pass, if one fails, all fail. This continues right the way through training. The principles (and this is anecdotal) that bind this practice together are:
1. A team that is put under pressure binds and becomes mutually supportive. When they learn their tasks they perform them intuitively and performance as a whole is greater than the sum of the parts;
2. Trust and team cohesion are formed and the bonds between members grow;
3. Team members will pull more than their own share of the weight when required to do so knowing that others will help them when they require assistance;
4. Morale is high
As a trained leader you are taught to recognise the phases of team building and how to bring out the characteristics above. It is fair to say that not all soldiers like one another, but they will go pout of their way to bond in stressful circumstances. Thisnk about when you would need this and when you would be unbder stress? Take Off..Landing..emergencies in the cockpit..emergency evacuations..some are routine, others not, but all stressful.
I saw an episode of Airline not so long ago when an AAC mate who had left the mob applied for a job and the trick-cyclist commented that the army was all about shouting at people and bullying them, and later pulled him to pieces in the pos-interview discussion saying that because he was in the Army he would be conditioned to ignoring the advice of others and issuing orders and expecting total obedience. What a crock of ****e! I have to say that while fashionable to have them, psychologists have no place in professional aviation. How many doctors would allow an architect to decide on their suitability to diagnose? Why then should aviation allow non-aviators a say in their recruitment poicy (especially when some have views inconsistent with reality) when the issue is whether that potential pilot has the ability to fit in with a working team and the ability to fly safely?
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