Howdy Buzz,
NLP could be construed as being contained within 'non technical skills' (NOTECHS) and 'behavioural markers' - all part of Crew Resource Management and human factors. However, I doubt too many facilitators would be as bold to label it as NLP - I have tried but it often falls on deaf ears. Nonetheless, a number of people I know believe there is something in it (NLP that is) but it is a bit close to the p-word (psychology) for most pilots.
Pilots are, in the main, "controllers" of one sort or another (I know I am one) and they tend to shy away from things that cannot readily be explained by facts, figures, diagrams and tables. We also dislike 'surprises' - which is why we practice emergencies and have decision-making loops (DODAR/OODA/GRADE etc). The reason for this is because we are often rule-based, task-focused compartmentalisers and this explains, to a certain extent, why things like mental processes and psychological profiling are not embraced wholeheartedly by aviators.
That said, the seating arrangements in a cockpit and the locked door to stop any eye contact with the crew (ooer) are not conducive to the use of NLP.
However, I'd be keen to know whether someone does use the technique on the job.
All the best,
flipster
I would think that this thread might get more response if you moved it to the 'Safety/CRM/QA/Emergency Response Planning' page; that is where many CRM facilitators lurk. Good luck.