Facilitating LOS Debriefings: A Training Manual - Phoenix Aviation

014 - LOS Debriefing Guide
✈ Get the crew to analyze why they made the decisions
they made.
Articulating why they did what they did helps crewmembers
gain insight into their decision-making processes, as well as the
factors that influenced or should have influenced their decision
making.
Effective:
IP: The RVR was down below twenty-four hundred, but
you asked for two-twenty on the speed, and I was
wondering why.
CA: Well, the jet stream was real low, and there was all
kinds of weather, with a warm front coming through,
so I’m thinking that if we’re going to be hanging close
we need to be clean maneuvering, so let’s add a couple
initially to make it smooth but still slow it down.
Effective:
IP: Why did you turn off the pitot heat?
CA: Because I looked at the outside air temperature and it
was plus fifteen C, so I figured we were good with
that.
Effective:
IP: Why did you decide to go back to Minneapolis instead
of continuing on to Chicago? What was your thought
process?
CA: Well, I was thinking that we were still a lot closer to
Minneapolis than Chicago. Then again I also knew the
weather was not as good in Minneapolis as it was in
Chicago, so if that sick passenger was stable in the
back, I was all for going on to Chicago. But as he
started to deteriorate rapidly, I thought the best course
of action would be to turn around and go back because
I thought the guy might die if I didn’t get him back
pretty quick.
Effective:
• “Why did you feel it was necessary to disregard ATC until
you completed your checklist?”
• “What made you decide to verify the information you
received from ATC?”
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