Originally Posted by
DCA A321 FO
This was a CRM issue, not stick and rudder issue. There are plenty of Koreans that have good stick and rudder skills.
I wasn't in the 214 cockpit but clearly there was an atmosphere of keep your mouth shut. The captain got behind the plane and no one said jack $hit. I tell jumpseaters if you see something weird let us know.
Koreans have a history of Cockpit Gradient/CRM deviations...i agree if the below were understood/complied...SFO probably could have been avoided...
COCKPIT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT :
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS : Situational awareness is the accurate
perception of the factors and conditions that affects the aircraft and the flight
crew during a specific period of time. More simply, it is knowing what is going on
around you. There is a direct relationship between situational awareness and
safety. It is a fact that pilots who have higher levels of situational awareness are
safer pilots.
CREW COORDINATION : Perhaps one of the most complex skills acquired by a
pilot after completion of his training is crew coordination. It is not a skill that can
be taught but one that is learnt over a period of time by experience in a two or
three crew cockpit. Crew coordination is the ability to share workload by dividing
tasks so as to reduce work levels in high stress situations.
COMMUNICATION : Flight crew spend much of their time communicating. It is
an essential building block to good cockpit management. If the crew's
communication skill is affected, cockpit performance will be enhanced and a high
level of situational awareness can be achieved and maintained. Ineffective
communication can be disruptive, cause misunderstanding and mistakes and
lead to loss of situational awareness. The consequences can be serious even
disastrous.
DECISION MAKING AND JUDGEMENT(Only for PF) Cockpit decision making
is a logical sequence in order to collect adequate facts, assess alternatives and
implement in a timely manner. During critical phases of flight poor decision
making especially when information and alternatives are reducing, will lead to
actions that have serious consequences. Judgment plays a critical role in the
decision making process.