Citation

Harris D, Li WC. Aviat. Space Environ. Med. 2008; 79(5): 537-538.

Affiliation

Department of System Engineering and Human Factors, School of Engineering, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford, UK. d.harris@cranfield.ac.uk

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Aerospace Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18500053

Abstract

High power-distance has been implicated in many aircraft accidents involving Southeast Asian carriers where crew resource management (CRM) has been identified as a root cause. However, this commentary argues that the design of modern flight decks and their standard operating procedures have an inherent Western (low power-distance) bias within them which exacerbates these CRM issues.

Language: en