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Crew Resource Management Current Regulatory Paper; Crew Resource Management for the Fire Service Archived July 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine; TeamSTEPPS Program from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Flight-crew human factors handbook (CAP 737)
A flight management system (FMS) is a fundamental component of a modern airliner's avionics. An FMS is a specialized computer system that automates a wide variety of in-flight tasks, reducing the workload on the flight crew to the point that modern civilian aircraft no longer carry flight engineers or navigators. A primary function is in-flight ...
This process pairs a generic crew member with a flight so that at the end of this process all aircraft flights are covered and all trips (combination of flights starting at a crew base and returning to that crew base or co-terminal are crew legal. The next step is the allocation of those trips to the individual crewmember.
“Take a big airline like one of the big four; they often have different IT systems for crew scheduling, for aircraft maintenance, reservations, it’s endless,” William J. McGee, senior fellow ...
Flight engineer, a crew member responsible for engines, systems and fuel management. Flight officer; Flight surgeon or flight nurse, aerial medical staff not involved in the operation of the aircraft but is considered by some militaries to be aircrew. [citation needed] Loadmaster, crew member responsible for loading freight and personnel and ...
An engine-indicating and crew-alerting system (EICAS) [1] is an integrated system used in modern aircraft to provide aircraft flight crew with instrumentation and crew annunciations for aircraft engines and other systems. On EICAS equipped aircraft the "recommended remedial action" is called a checklist.
ACARS interfaces with flight management systems (FMS), acting as the communication system for flight plans and weather information to be sent from the ground to the FMS. This enables the airline to update the FMS while in flight, and allows the flight crew to evaluate new weather conditions or alternative flight plans.
Electronic flight bag showing the airport diagram of Avalon Airport. An electronic flight bag (EFB) is an electronic information management device that helps flight crews perform flight management tasks more easily and efficiently with less paper [1] providing the reference material often found in the pilot's carry-on flight bag, including the flight-crew operating manual, navigational charts ...