The commercial aviation industry's crew resource management (CRM) process identifies four specific competencies that crewmembers must abide (live) by to simply avoid crashes. Communications, ...

On March 21, 1977, Captain Jacob Van Zanten was the poster boy for all that was good in airline flying. Captain Van Zanten was the Chief Pilot for KLM, and had over 30 years of experience. He was ...

In the aftermath of the Jan. 29 air disaster over the Potomac River, the rescue and recovery efforts were stunningly fast — but not as fast as the speculation and rumormongering that flared even as ...

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 ...

Just about at the same time, Chief Alan Brunacini (Phoenix Fire Department) was developing the structural fire response equivalent. History would reflect that this program was (of course), the Fire ...