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Lecture 8:Crew Personality & Attitude


At the end of this lecture, student should be able to:

Realize the importance of having good personality as flight crews.Aware of the bad impacts of hazardous attitudes in flight operation and how to overcome them.


IntroductionPersonality

Definition of PersonalityImportance of Crew Personality

AttitudeDefinition of AttitudeHazardous AttitudesAntidote to Hazardous Attitudes


People differ from each other in fundamental ways, including their thoughts and feelings, their wants and beliefs, their words, their values, and their talents.

People are born with different personalities, and that these differences are central to nearly every aspect of their lives


Personality is the “the characteristic way in which a person thinks, feels and behaves; as the style of life or way of being in adapting to the environment” [American Psychiatric Association,1980]

Personality distinguishes one person from the other.In short word, personality is your unique personal style.Knowledge about the aircrew’s personality and its influence on flying performance has an important bearing on flight safety.


The aviation scenario encompasses many demanding and challenging situations in the air and/or the ground.

In aviation, bad personality can be one of the many factors in the chain of events which lead to accident.

This is because, the personality of the aircrew is likely to have its own impact on tackling or approaching those demanding situations.

In short word, personality determine what a person will do in a given situation.


Personality traits is the features of personality.Examples of personality traits:

Independence (not depending on another)Extrovert (very confident)Self-Control (ability to control emotions or behaviour, especially in difficult situations). Tough-Minded (able to deal with difficult situation in a strong determined way)Anxiety (a worried feeling you have because you thing something bad might happen)


Everyone cannot build a successful career in aviation. To see howsuited you are for these jobs, please rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 5 in following personality traits. 1 means minimum presenceand 5 means maximum presence of a trait in your personality.

1. Ability to handle crisis/tough situations with common sense2. Friendliness and kind nature towards unknown people3. Physical stamina4. Proportionate figure with good body language5. Communication skills and voice quality


• Score Inference:

5-10: Aviation is not your calling!

11-17: You are good. Get in to get better.

18 and above: This is what you are made for. Take off!


Attitude is a someone’s opinions or feeling about something especially as shown by their behaviour.Example: Aggressive, positive, negative


1. Anti-Authority - 'Why should I listen to you?'

2. Impulsivity - Do something quickly3. Invulnerability - It won’t happen to me

4. Macho - I can do it!5. Resignation - What’s the use


This attitude found in people who do not like anyone telling them what to do. Pilot that express such an attitude are usually resentful towards comments or advice from others.Them also tend to disregard operating procedures, rules and regulations.

Antidote: Follow the rules, consider advice from others


This occurs to pilots who feel the need to do anything, immediately (without thinking the result). Such people who display such attitude work on the concept that 'doing something is better than doing nothing'. Acting on impulse is dangerous as it usually involve irrational actions.

Antidote: Not so fast, Think first.


Invulnerable: Impossible to harmFound in people that feel accidents happen to others, but never to them.Aircrew who think this way a more likely to take chances and increase risk.Such attitudes would cause pilots to overlook certain issues that they feel are of less importance (going thru checklist twice, good lookout). Remember accidents can happen to ANYONE!

Antidote: It could happen to me


Pilots have a tendency to show how good they are. Many associate this attitude with males but such an attitude can also happen in females. It occurs when pilots are trying to prove themselves in the wrong way, which often results in taking unnecessary risks.

Antidote: Taking chances (risks) is foolish


Found in people that do not see themselves able to make a great deal of difference in what happens to the situation.

When operations at the flight deck don't go as planned or when confusion arises, it is human nature to blame it on fate.

However, in aviation 'leaving it to fate' might and most probably compromise the safety of the flight. It is essential for all pilots to remain proactive and also reactive. SOP's, rules, regulations that have been placed for flight operations were formulated to assist flight crew to tackle and troubleshoot every possible.Antidote: I’m not helpless. I can make difference


If hazardous attitudes are not corrected they contribute to poor judgment and have played a part in many aircraft accidents in the past.The first step is to positively identify the attitude. After a crew recognizes a thought as hazardous and identifies it they should then state the correct antidote.Crews should memorise the antidotes so that they come to mind when needed.


1. Definition of Personality2. Importance of Crew Personality3. Definition of Attitude4. Hazardous Attitude5. Antidote to Hazardous Attitude

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