Making the sky safer with the new Human Performance Guide

Developed by CAE’s Council for Human Performance Excellence (hpX), the Human Performance Guide is a new e-book designed to increase the levels of understanding and application of human skills to make aviation safer. It takes ICAO pilot competencies and integrates them with scientifically rigorous research and real-life functionality for the flight deck. While the Human Performance Guide is shaped by aviation knowledge, skills, and attitudes, it has parallels across all safety-critical industries.

The Human Performance Guide will be released on Airside by chapter across 4 sections:

• Section 1 explains the basics of human behavior and how that fits within CRM, HF, Competency-Based Training and Assessment (CBTA), and Evidence-Based Training (EBT).
• Section 2 describes and explains each of the social and cognitive ICAO competencies and discusses how these can be demonstrated and observed.
• Section 3 gives real-life examples and applications of the competencies and develops techniques to aid in the progression from copilot to command.
• Section 4 will be developed in the future, and form the Instructor Companion Document, to combine CBTA and the Instructor Evaluator and Assessor Competencies (IECs).

Aiming for performance excellence

The Council for Human Performance Excellence (hpX) was conceived to include the many facets of human factors, crew resource management, leadership, and more. It encompasses behavioral psychology and educational sciences to promote the best sustainable human performance philosophies across highly operational business sectors. CAE’s hpX team also contributes to the safety of industries beyond civil aviation, including Defense & Security, Healthcare, and Maritime.

Look for the first chapter of the Human Performance Guide on Airside soon!