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Old 23rd Jan 2013, 14:00
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This is a repost from the thread http://www.pprune.org/safety-crm-qa-...ml#post7649826, which may be relevant to this discussion:-

Therefore a closer examination of the character of handling factors is required …

As a starting point there are some interesting views in the presentation ‘Responding to Emergencies and Abnormal Situations’. :-
The first section reviews several themes contributing to events (albeit checklist related) and identifies the importance of linking knowledge through concepts to action (flying skills - expertise).
Slide 26 onwards presents a very interesting view of the domain of core operating skills – flying, operating, and managing; and that it is amongst these where problems of the higher level operational skills are seen.
The implication is that the perception of poor operational flying skills is actually a symptom of weak strategic management (Prioritisation, Anticipation, Planning, Recognition), and mental activity (Mental Flight Path Control, Rules of Thumb, Gates and Triggers, Event Flow Patterns, Generic Response Patterns, Situational Concepts, Time Management) slide 33.
And because this is where the “action takes place” – the mental activities, then “this is where problems are avoided”, slide 35
The remainder of the presentation involves cogent argument as to what the specific issue are, and perhaps how they might be addressed with training.
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