Thank you for your posts they provide some good insight.
However, I keep coming back to this:
CRM was developed (in part) in response to the UAL DC8 at Portland where the FO kept reminiding the CA of their low fiel condition to no avail. But I continue to read accident reports with FO statements such as "I'm not confortable with this." Since it has been 30 years since the advent of CRM I can only assume it is a failed exercise, at least in the aviation realm.
I have a friend who does CRM research (not the professor in question), but in the medical field rather than aviation. Her current research is focussing on "communication bottlenecks," their structure and mechanics and what strategies can be developed/utilized to counter/reduce thir occurance and impact. It has me thinking that perhaps we (aviation) have been getting a bit complacent about CRM, that we got to a certain point and just stopped.
Thoughts?