The profession of fire fighting has been long recognized as a dangerous, complex and high-risk occupation. It has been only in the past 25 years, however, that any quantitative data have been ...

I have spent a great deal of time researching, writing about and teaching the concepts of Crew Resource Management (CRM). CRM is a very interesting process that ...

Amtrak has a new Executive Vice President and Chief Safety Officer, and he is a former chief safety officer at both Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines. The Jan. 9 appointment of Ken Hylander ...

International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Vol. 20, No. 4 (August 2008), pp. 254-263 (10 pages) Objective. To assess the effect of a Crew Resource Management (CRM) intervention specifically ...

In our ongoing attempt to reduce the number of preventable deaths and injuries in our occupation, the fire service has explored the aviation industry’s safety protocols and crew resource management ...

Real-world research has shown, for the first time, that the theory of effective crew resource management makes an ‘invaluable contribution’ to the safety and efficiency of police air support in ...

I thought there was a tacit contract among all professional aircrews that can be summed up briefly as, “I agree not to kill you.” Expanded, this contract reads: “I agree that during the approach and ...

El Al Flight 30 experienced an engine failure shortly after takeoff but safely returned to Toronto, despite significant procedural missteps and cockpit management challenges during the emergency. The ...

NEW DELHI: (Jan 9) The UAE's aircraft accident investigation agency has recommended that the watchdog, DGCA, review and enhance regulatory oversight to ensure airlines focus on a stabilised approach ...