Threat and Error Management for Business Aviation is a joint project of the Flight Safety Foundation Corporate Advisory Committee, and the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Safety Committee. The project’s goal is to educate business aviation professionals in the practical application of threat and error management principles.

The project structure consists of a steering team and several development teams. Its initial objective is to develop a portable, interactive classroom course for a broad cross-section of business aviation professionals, using content specifically tailored to business aviation. Proposed topics are threat and error management (TEM) principles, TEM and crew resource management, and using TEM as part of a safety management system risk mitigation strategy. Expert advisors from academia, government, and industry, have also been enlisted to review the course materials for content and pedagogical efficacy.

Steering Team Members

Peter N. Stein (Chairman), Johnson Controls
Durwood J. Heinrich, PetSmart
Philip Roberts, PAR Travel Tech
Douglas Schwartz, ConocoPhillips
NBAA Safety Committee Representative, TBA

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Research Materials

Threat and Error Management (TEM) in Air Traffic Control, by International Civil Aviation Organization, October 2005 36 pages. [PDF 644K]

Models of Threat, Error, and CRM in Flight Operations by Robert L. Helmreich, James R. Klinect, and John A. Wilhelm 6 pages. [PDF 237K]

Defensive Flying for Pilots: An Introduction to Threat and Error
Management by Ashleigh Merritt, Ph.D. & James Klinect, Ph.D.,
December 2006 20 pages. [PDF 371K]

Threat and Error Management by Capt. Dan Maurino, April 2005 7 pages. [MSWord 81K]

FAA Advisory Circular No: 120-90 — Line Operations Safety Audits 39 pages. [PDF 1.2M]

Presentations

Threat and Error Management for Business Aviation, Flight Safety Foundation CAC Workshop Presentation, October 17, 2007, by Durwood Heinrich, Ph.D. [PPT 7.7M]

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