Description

Briefings are an essential part of every multi-crew flight. Done effectively, they can substantially enhance safety of flight by providing an opportunity to gather and disseminate the operational data that is germane to the pending flight. An efficacious briefing can also help fashion elements of both leadership and team building.

Unfortunately, many operators continue to utilise a decades-old briefing methodology that has neither been adapted to suit a typical, modern flight deck nor has it been modified to incorporate the changes in our collective understanding of human cognition. The typical standard operating procedure (SOP) briefing is often too long and, more often than not, is a directed, one-sided dissertation from the pilot flying (PF) that lacks meaningful involvement from the crewmember that will play a pivotal role in maintaining appropriate safety margins, the pilot monitoring (PM).