COCKPIT RESOURCE MGMNT.
Synopsis
COCKPIT RESOURCE MGMNT.
Narrative
WHILE 30 MI OUT OF ISN INBOUND; CTR GAVE US AN UNEXPECTED CLRNC FOR THE 20 MI ARC TO THE ILS 31 APCH. AS WE STARTED THE DSCNT AND I STARTED TO SET UP MY RADIOS; WE ENCOUNTERED SOME LIGHT CHOP. THE CAPT GOT NERVOUS AND SHOUTED 'YOU JUST FLY! I'LL SET UP YOUR RADIOS!' (THERE WAS NO NEED FOR THE PANIC; WE WERE STILL OUTSIDE OF THE ARC BY A FEW [5 MAYBE] MI.) WHEN HE TRIED TO SET UP THE RADIOS HE COULDN'T GET THE DME TO COME UP ON MY SIDE. WHILE HE WAS GOOFING AROUND WITH THAT. I KNEW THAT THE ARC WAS COMING UP QUICK SO I THOUGHT I WOULD DO IT MYSELF. (I KNEW WHAT I NEEDED TO DO.) BUT STILL NO DME. NOW WE HAD THINGS REALLY SCREWED UP AND THE CAPT WAS REALLY GETTING PISSED (AS WAS I). SO I JUST TURNED L 90 DEGS TO OUR COURSE TO APPROX THE PROC. THE CAPT SAW THAT HE HAD DME ON HIS SIDE; SO HE SELECTED DRIVE TRANSFER TO TRANSFER ALL OF HIS DATA TO MY SCREEN; BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ILS DATA UP YET. AS WE WERE PASSING THE LEAD IN RADIAL I KEPT YELLING; 'I NEED AN ILS! I NEED AN ILS; NOW!' SO HE GIVES ME NOTHING BUT A CDI ON MY UPPER EADI AND A GS. AT THIS TIME WE GET A VISUAL ON THE ARPT AND I SHOOT FOR THE RWY. HERE WERE THE DANGERS AS I SAW THEM; THE SOLUTIONS ARE SELF EVIDENT: 1) LACK OF CONSISTENT PROTOCOL ON WHO SETS UP WHAT RADIOS. 2) A CAPT THAT FREAKS OUT WHEN HE'S NERVOUS AND DOES THINGS HIS WAY WITHOUT REGARD TO CREW COORD OR COM. 3) CAPT/FO FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY WITH EACH OTHER. 4) THE #1 NAV DME WAS INOP! THAT'S WHY THE DME PROB!
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.