AIRCREW AIRCREW COORDINATIONCOORDINATION

DEFINITIONDEFINITION

KEEPING ALL CREW MEMBERS ON KEEPING ALL CREW MEMBERS ON THE SAME SHEET OF MUSIC—NO THE SAME SHEET OF MUSIC—NO GUESSING WHAT THE OTHER IS GUESSING WHAT THE OTHER IS DOINGDOING

COMMUNICATE COMMUNICATE POSITIVELYPOSITIVELY

SPEAK CLEARLY, PLAINLY, AND IN SPEAK CLEARLY, PLAINLY, AND IN TERMS ALL CREWMEMBERS CAN TERMS ALL CREWMEMBERS CAN UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND WHEN WHEN IT IS IT IS APPROPRIATE TO SPEAK.APPROPRIATE TO SPEAK.

DIRECT ASSISTANCEDIRECT ASSISTANCE

DO WHAT YOU CAN, BUT DON’T TRY DO WHAT YOU CAN, BUT DON’T TRY TO DO EVERYTHING BY YOURSELF.TO DO EVERYTHING BY YOURSELF.

ANNOUNCE ACTIONSANNOUNCE ACTIONS

ANNOUNCE ANY ACTION YOU TAKE ANNOUNCE ANY ACTION YOU TAKE THAT WOULD AFFECT THAT WOULD AFFECT COMMUNICATION, NAVIGATION, COMMUNICATION, NAVIGATION, FLIGHT OR SAFETY OF THE FLIGHT OR SAFETY OF THE AIRCRAFT.AIRCRAFT.

OFFER ASSISTANCEOFFER ASSISTANCE

DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE SITUATION DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE SITUATION ENDANGERS YOUR LIFE—ASK.ENDANGERS YOUR LIFE—ASK.

ACKNOWLEDGE ACTIONSACKNOWLEDGE ACTIONS

LET CREWMEMBERS KNOW THAT LET CREWMEMBERS KNOW THAT YOU HEARD THEM OR SEE WHAT YOU HEARD THEM OR SEE WHAT THEY’RE DOING. (CAN BE NON-THEY’RE DOING. (CAN BE NON-VERBAL—I.E. THUMBS UP)VERBAL—I.E. THUMBS UP)

BE EXPLICITBE EXPLICIT

GIVE CREWMEMBERS THE GIVE CREWMEMBERS THE NECESSARY INFORMATION IN NECESSARY INFORMATION IN TERMS THAT THEY CAN TERMS THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND AND NOT UNDERSTAND AND NOT MISINTERPRETMISINTERPRET

PROVIDE AIRCRAFT PROVIDE AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND OBSTACLE CONTROL AND OBSTACLE ADVISORIESADVISORIES

THIS IS THE INSTRUMENT TWO THIS IS THE INSTRUMENT TWO CHALLENGE RULECHALLENGE RULE

CONTROL SEQUENCE AND CONTROL SEQUENCE AND TIMING OF ALL ACTIONS IN TIMING OF ALL ACTIONS IN THE COCKPITTHE COCKPIT

PRIORITIZE TASKSPRIORITIZE TASKS ARE THE NAVAIDS TUNED FOR THE ARE THE NAVAIDS TUNED FOR THE

APPROACH, OR ARE WE BUSY WITH APPROACH, OR ARE WE BUSY WITH ATIS WHILE ON BASE LEG FOR THE ATIS WHILE ON BASE LEG FOR THE APPROACH?APPROACH?

ARE WE BUSY WITH THE FUEL ARE WE BUSY WITH THE FUEL CHECK WHEN PREPARING TO ENTER CHECK WHEN PREPARING TO ENTER HOLDING?HOLDING?