It's on Zoom! here is the link to join the call at 1730Z:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86819014878
Please RSVP before joining. Thanks!
We really hope you'll join us for Danger Club on July 14th.
Why are we hosting this? As pilots, we have the feeling that there's a piece missing in the CRM puzzle.
We've all done the Human Factors course, and been to the latest CRM day. We know about circadian rhythms and understand rod and cone cell functions in the retina. We saw the SHELL model (again) and we've figured out our DiSC profiles. We know what happened in Tenerife and if we see that Eastern Airlines L1011 one more time ... Oh, and we did the moon landing exercise too (spoiler: the oxygen and water are better choices than matches and a compass).
But none of it really makes us feel very human! Where is the conversation about how to actually fly together?
In Danger Club, we start with an interesting incident, where CRM and Human Factors haven't worked. There are many to choose from. But it's just a starting point, and the real aim is to create a safe space for us to talk to each other, and ask unanswered questions.
We are all soft, squishy humans, trying our very best to look professional. But there's lots we don't know and aren't good at. How do we form a connection with the person beside us, so we can really operate as a team? How do we speak up when we feel uncomfortable? What's the playbook for suggesting we take control? How do we deal with that tough cookie in the other seat, when we feel like the whole 3-day trip is going to be a nightmare?
Not sure? Welcome! None of us are. But maybe if we talk about it, we'll figure it out.
We're starting the conversation at sunset. Almost dark. A French Bee A350 is landing in Paris Orly, after an 11 hour flight from SFO. Almost home. But 3 miles out, the machine says "WINDSHEAR", and the flight goes from routine to 🤡go-around circus 🤡 in about 10 seconds.
The F/O checks out. Startled and frozen. The captain is now single pilot, but doesn't know it. The airplane doesn't know it either, so keeps flying- busting the altitude, heading for departing traffic. But nobody's flying it.
Here's your challenge: park any judgement on the crew at the door. Step inside DANGER CLUB, and ask, with your curious-raccoon-mind: "How could this happen to me?"
This is where we might start, but we don't know where we're going with this one ...
> Go-Arounds ain't always easy (even if they tell us they should be)
> How bad can startle be?
> How do we get ourselves back in the game?
> Was this all the Captains doing? (Even if the report focuses on the FO)
> Do we HAVE to go-around right away?
That's where we start ... this Thursday, at 1730Z.
Will you join us, curious raccoon?
> The (very readable) accident report is here.
> Also, there is an excellent - as always - video from Mentour Pilot about the whole incident. Highly recommend!