The “Threat and Error Management and CRM for Low Level Crews Course” is a multi-media seminar acclaimed by professional airplane and helicopter operators world-wide. It gives low-level flight crews the essential skills needed to safely operate an aircraft in wire and obstruction environments.

A brief overview of the topics covered during the course are as follows:

• The “Basic Awareness” low-level flight crews must have and maintain while operating in the wire and obstruction environment.
• How to identify the hazards associated with wire and obstruction accidents.
• Understanding your exposure to the wire and obstruction environment.
• Crew Resource Management (What the pilot and crew members need to do in order to act together as a team in the wire and obstruction environment).
• Why the crew member is so important regarding safety during low-level operations.
• The responsibilities of each crew member.
• In-flight communications about wire and obstructions.
• Where the wire and obstruction environment really is.
• Dynamics of the wire environments.
• Traps waiting for untrained low-level flight crews.
• Visibility Engineering (What you can and can’t see and why).
• How flight crews can forecast the presence of wire long before they can actually see it.
• Illusions while operating in the wire environment (What causes them and how to manage them).
• The high “wire” reconnaissance (How is it different from the normal recon?)
• Additional dangers during low-level operations.
• How useful are today’s obstruction marking schemes.