Originally Posted by
FlyingJman
In my defense, I'm coming from a 20 year flying background where headsets/helmets were ALWAYS required, and hot mic was SOP in the terminal phases of flight.
The use of headsets here at our airline obviously has more room for techniques that are rightly dependent upon the CA's preference, so I'll work to adapt quicker.
Wherever you were, their FOM-equivalent rationale for that SOP needs to be provided to ALPA safety.
It's getting to the point now where neither pilot can hear the other. The one with the NR headset can't hear the one without NR (obviously) and NR pilots talks like they're on hot mic when they're not, so the non-NR pilot can't hear the NR pilot either. Solution is for everyone to have one. If the company can't be convinced to do the right thing because of hearing loss maybe they can be convinced due to safety. CRM is still a safety issue I believe. In fact I recently read somewhere....
The fundamental purpose of CRM/TEM is to focus on the effective utilization of available resources as a countermeasure to operational threats and human errors. CRM and TEM are independent yet, interdependent.
CRM emphasizes how crews communicate and manage resources. TEM emphasizes what crewmembers manage and communicate about
: operational threats and human errors. For CRM/TEM to be effective, crewmembers must be proficient in both CRM and TEM skills.
If we can't hear each other we cannot do this. At least without the extra step of "huh?"