AERN 230 - Crew Resource Management

(3 hours) Prerequisite: AERN 170 This course will provide students an in-depth understanding of interpersonal relationship skills necessary to ensure safe and professional aviation operations. Students will study organizational, group and personal behavior, in-cockpit communications, checklist procedures and the relationship between an aircraft commander/flight lead and first-officer/wingman. Critical assessment and problem-solving exercises will be conducted to enhance student understanding of communications skills in the cockpit in a dynamic and challenging environment. Relevant Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations, NTSB practices and accident investigation conclusions will be studied, including multiple FAA Advisory Circulars critical to the practice of commercial aviation. This course will also introduce students to foundational concepts regarding Human Factors theory as it relates to aviation. Students will study the principles and methods necessary to ensure safe and professional flight operations, with a particular focus on hazardous attitudes and practices, and mitigation of the risks presented by those hazards. This course cannot be challenged.