Write 12 pages with APA style on Aviation Safety: Crew Resource Management (CRM) in the U.S. Airline Industry.

Write 12 pages with APA style on Aviation Safety: Crew Resource Management (CRM) in the U.S. Airline Industry. This research paper makes a critical analysis of the role played by CRM in enhancing safety in the U.S. aviation industry by focusing safety issues related to reduction human errors, enhanced coordination, creation of systems of behavior modifications, improved risk management and which highlights the importance of CRM to U.S. Airline Industry.

Crew Resource Management (CRM) is a field in aviation focusing on training procedures for participants in the industry, which is an environment characterized by human errors that can have catastrophic effects. A number of historic accidents such as those involving Boeing 747, EAL 401 and UA 173 necessitated training of crew in this area where human error was deemed to be the main factor for the crashes. Therefore, CRM was introduced to provide knowledge and skills that enable development of flexible general approaches that increases safety by enhancing human performance. To achieve its goals, CRM focuses on intrinsic human factors responsible for errors while being aware that the crew might be reluctant to report some of them without being acquainted with the skills and attitudes to respond to specific human errors. Secondly, CRM is based on the recognition that teams, as opposed to individuals, are the most effective units when dealing with complex, high risk situations (Marshall, 2009). However, CRM is not so much focused on development of technical knowledge and skills necessary in operating an aircraft but instilling a set of interpersonal and cognitive skills capable of equipping the crew to effectively manage flights within an organized aviation system (Reynolds and Blickensderfer, 2009).