FOR-DEC - A Prescriptive Model for Aeronautical Decision Making

Kurzfassung

The paper describes the development of a model which is used as a framework for the training of judgement and decision making in CRM courses for airline pilots. The acronym FOR-DEC stands for six different phases of the decision making process: Facts, Options, Risks & Benefits, Decision, Execution, and Check. The advantages of such a simple prescriptive model are that it can easily be remembered and that it helps to structure judgemental and decision making processes in the cockpit. It therefore counteracts certain cognitive mechanisms that can adversely affect the quality of aeronautical decisions in terms of flight safety.