New Delhi: air india express It has asked its pilots to address the pilot-in-command (PIC) of the flight “by first name or as captain only” in order to improve crew resource management (CRM).
The airline’s chief of operations, Captain VS Rajkumar, gave the advice on Friday (August 20) following an alleged lack of coordination between two pilots in a flight over a communication head, which had led to a tail strike and the aircraft landing gear was stuck at the airport. was approaching the perimeter wall. During take off.
The aviation website SkyBreary describes the CRM as “the effective use of all available resources for flight crew personnel for a safe and efficient operation, minimizing error, avoiding stress and increasing efficiency”.
The referenced incident is of an AI Express flight on October 12, 2018, which did not meet the take-off performance and the wheels of the aircraft contacting the perimeter wall of the airport, causing damage to the underbelly. The aircraft returned safely to Trichy.
“The Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) investigation report has confirmed that the cause of the accident was ‘delayed take-off due to reduction of take-off thrust N1 from 98% to 77% before reaching V1,’ The inability of both the crew members to monitor thrust parameters and take timely corrective action,” said Captain Rajkumar’s communication.
“Contributing factor to mechanical failure of the PIC seat back rest recliner mechanism during take-off roll and breakdown of crew coordination … resulting in a tail strike and subsequent impact on the aircraft localizer antenna and airport boundary wall.”
“While all the motivating factors brought about by the AAIB are being addressed, this circular aims to target the breakdown of CRM in the subject incident. It is proposed that in order to improve CRM and reduce the trans-cockpit-authority-gradient, a more informal cockpit environment is needed. This may be a generational and cultural shift that has been made over the years and it may take time to fully accept and yield results. However, as a first step, from now on, the first officer will not address the PIC as ‘Sir’ but by first name or simply as ‘Captain’.”
The airline’s chief of operations, Captain VS Rajkumar, gave the advice on Friday (August 20) following an alleged lack of coordination between two pilots in a flight over a communication head, which had led to a tail strike and the aircraft landing gear was stuck at the airport. was approaching the perimeter wall. During take off.
The aviation website SkyBreary describes the CRM as “the effective use of all available resources for flight crew personnel for a safe and efficient operation, minimizing error, avoiding stress and increasing efficiency”.
The referenced incident is of an AI Express flight on October 12, 2018, which did not meet the take-off performance and the wheels of the aircraft contacting the perimeter wall of the airport, causing damage to the underbelly. The aircraft returned safely to Trichy.
“The Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) investigation report has confirmed that the cause of the accident was ‘delayed take-off due to reduction of take-off thrust N1 from 98% to 77% before reaching V1,’ The inability of both the crew members to monitor thrust parameters and take timely corrective action,” said Captain Rajkumar’s communication.
“Contributing factor to mechanical failure of the PIC seat back rest recliner mechanism during take-off roll and breakdown of crew coordination … resulting in a tail strike and subsequent impact on the aircraft localizer antenna and airport boundary wall.”
“While all the motivating factors brought about by the AAIB are being addressed, this circular aims to target the breakdown of CRM in the subject incident. It is proposed that in order to improve CRM and reduce the trans-cockpit-authority-gradient, a more informal cockpit environment is needed. This may be a generational and cultural shift that has been made over the years and it may take time to fully accept and yield results. However, as a first step, from now on, the first officer will not address the PIC as ‘Sir’ but by first name or simply as ‘Captain’.”
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