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Re: Bridge Resource Management – A New Focus On Watchkeeping

guest — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:26:54 -0000

I see your latest article is not the first to blame BRM. Good job staying ahead of the curve!

Re: Bridge Resource Management – A New Focus On Watchkeeping

Capt. Mike — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:06:11 -0000

Newsom (San Francisco's Mayor) saw the disaster as an even larger statement on the weakness of America's dependence on oil.
"We can do better than large oil tankers coming in and out of the bay of San Francisco, and move to a more energy independent future," he said at Crissy Field. "We'll continue to have these kinds of disasters inevitably if we continue to have more tankers come in and out to feed our addiction."

Is this guy a complete idiot? I'm asking only because my son know the difference between a tanker and a container ship

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-b...

Re: Bridge Resource Management – A New Focus On Watchkeeping

Bob Couttie — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:43:14 -0000

Aha, good old parallel indexing, prominent by its absence on so many incidents, along with constant radius turns.

Much would depend on the radar signature and ranges, I suspect.

Looking at the animation of the AIS data it looks almost as if it was trying to get through the other span.

This one will run and run.

Re: Bridge Resource Management – A New Focus On Watchkeeping

John — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:46:52 -0000

Bob, you're right (of course) and I played around with the wording quite a bit... in the "previous post" link you can see the difference in wording. I avoided any official distinction because, despite USCG reports of no equipment failure, I'm not convinced the stuff that goes beep was properly set up by the bridge team. For example a simple Parallel Indexing line on the radar *might* have been enough to avoid the incident.

Re: Bridge Resource Management – A New Focus On Watchkeeping

Bob Couttie — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:01:11 -0000

I hate to sound quibbely but I would suggest that there is a difference between bridge team management and Bridge Resource Management. The former is largely about the management of the human element, the wetware on the bridge, the latter would include the management of other resources such as radar, GPS, and all those things that go beep.

Having read more than the average number of accident reports I fully agree, the key problem is bridge resource management especially the relationship between the pilot and the OOW.