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So report on constant rotation of so such that captain and first officer tend to work as 2 person crew and leave so out of the loop.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 255510 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199310 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3600 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 255510 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
For scheduling reasons air carrier has 'broken' up the crews. Engineers are rotated between cockpit crews on a flight to flight basis. A captain can expect to have a 'new' engineer each sortie or 3-4 per day. This destroys any attempt at fostering cockpit communication, crew coordination or cockpit resource management. At the end of a 4-DAY rotation a captain may have flown with 10 so's. The result is the captain and first officer develop a '2-man cockpit' and learn not to utilize or rely on the so. As a result 1/3 of the cockpit crew members are 'out of the loop' and are not contributing to normal cockpit duties.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SO RPT ON CONSTANT ROTATION OF SO SUCH THAT CAPT AND FO TEND TO WORK AS 2 PERSON CREW AND LEAVE SO OUT OF THE LOOP.
Narrative: FOR SCHEDULING REASONS ACR HAS 'BROKEN' UP THE CREWS. ENGINEERS ARE ROTATED BTWN COCKPIT CREWS ON A FLT TO FLT BASIS. A CAPT CAN EXPECT TO HAVE A 'NEW' ENGINEER EACH SORTIE OR 3-4 PER DAY. THIS DESTROYS ANY ATTEMPT AT FOSTERING COCKPIT COM, CREW COORD OR COCKPIT RESOURCE MGMNT. AT THE END OF A 4-DAY ROTATION A CAPT MAY HAVE FLOWN WITH 10 SO'S. THE RESULT IS THE CAPT AND FO DEVELOP A '2-MAN COCKPIT' AND LEARN NOT TO UTILIZE OR RELY ON THE SO. AS A RESULT 1/3 OF THE COCKPIT CREW MEMBERS ARE 'OUT OF THE LOOP' AND ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING TO NORMAL COCKPIT DUTIES.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.