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Cocktail for an incident: poor understanding of human factors concepts lack of situational awareness and poor CRM (crew resource management) skills
AuthorsGuillermo A G Garay
Date published2006
AbstractIt is shown here how poor understanding of SA (Situational Awareness) together with a lack of transfer of CRM (Crew Resource Management) knowledge into skills and a poor understanding of HF (Human Factors) concepts can very rapidly affect a situation turning it from a normal situation into a highly dangerous one without team members becoming aware of the change. It is also shown how such a risky situation could easily have been avoided and managed safely just by applying some well-known rules. A real incident is presented (anonymity preserved) in which a particular relation between the CRM training that officers received their HF knowledge and how they managed the level of SA all impacted on the final outcome. It is observed that no matter how good the training provided is this will only contribute 50% to the safety pathway. The remaining 50% will only be achieved by ensuring the transfer of the knowledge received into practical skills and that task can only be completed on board ships by reinforcing the CRM concepts the HF knowledge and enhancing SA during daily operational activities. In order to ensure this happens a two-part strategy is recommended. The first part is to twice accompany each vessel in order to coach and mentor bridge-teams underway with regard to CRM HF and SA; and to deliver refresher training to address the gaps identified. The second strategy is to provide CBT (computer-based training) to the fleet which emulates realistic voyages and provides educational CRMX44701
AuthorsGuillermo A G Garay
Date published2006
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Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine
AuthorsBrian Hicks; Schuyler Kropf
Shelf Location36d
AbstractThe history of the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley is as astonishing as its disappearance. On February 17, 1864, after a legendary encounter with a Union battleship, the iron fish boat vanished without a trace somewhere off the coast of South Carolina. For more than a century the fate of the Hunley remained one of the great unsolved mysteries of the Civil War. Then, on August 8, 2000, with thousands of spectators crowding Charleston Harbor, the Hunley was raised from the bottom of the sea and towed ashore. Now, award-winning journalists Brian Hicks and Schuyler Kropf offer new insights into the Hunleys final hours and recount the amazing true story of its rescue.The brainchild of wealthy New Orleans planter and lawyer Horace Lawson Hunley, the Hunley inspired tremendous hopes of breaking the Unions naval blockade of Charleston, only to drown two crews on disastrous test runs. But on the night of February 17, 1864, the Hunley finally made good on its promise. Under the command of the heroic Lieutenant George E. Dixon, the sub rammed a spar torpedo into the Union sloop Housatonic and sank the ship within minutes, accomplishing a feat of stealth technology that would not be repeated for half a century.And then, shortly after its stunning success, the Hunley vanished.This book is an extraordinary true story peopled with a fascinating cast of characters, including Horace Hunley himself, the Union officers and crew who went down with the Housatonic, P. T. Barnum, who offered $100,000 for its recovery, and novelist Clive Cussler, who spearheaded the mission that finally succeeded in finding the Hunley. The drama of salvaging the sub is only the prelude to a page-turning account of how scientists unsealed this archaeological treasure chest and discovered the inner-workings of a submarine more technologically advanced than anyone expected, as well as numerous, priceless artifacts.Hicks and Kropf have crafted a spellbinding adventure story that spans over a century of American history. Dramatically told, filled with historical details and contemporary color, illustrated with breathtaking original photographs, Raising the Hunley is one of the most fascinating Civil War books to appear in years.
AuthorsPublisherBrian Hicks; Schuyler Kropf
Presidio Press; New York, 2002
Shelf LocationISBN number36d
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