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Civil Air Patrol. Aviation Culture in UAS. Austin Worcester 15 Jul 2019. The Prestige. You can walk around with a duck on your shoulder. Dynamic environment Cool Technology General Lack of Understanding But Look Behind the Curtain…. Discipline is the Key.
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Civil Air Patrol Aviation Culture in UAS Austin Worcester15 Jul 2019
The Prestige • You can walk around with a duck on your shoulder. • Dynamic environment • Cool Technology • General Lack of Understanding • But Look Behind the Curtain…
Discipline is the Key • Study all the time! License to Learn!!! • OCD is a superpower • Rehearsals are a constant • Senior & Command Wings should come with a Law Degree
The Checklist Manifesto • Written by a surgeon named AtulGawande • First Pilot’s Checklist (literally written in blood) • Applicability to Most Professions • Living Documents (ever improving)
Professional Codes of Conduct • Some are Stated, Some are Not • All Professions Share Common Elements • Selflessness: Responsibility for Others • Expectation of Skill: Excellence thru Knowledge & Expertise • Trustworthiness: That Our Charges Can Trust Us • Aviation Has Another: • Discipline
Discipline • Following Prudent Procedure and Functioning with Others as Part of an Empowered Crew • Discipline is Hard Because we Aren’t Built for It • We Have to Work at Being Disciplined • It is the Opposite of Protectionism, which comes naturally • Discipline is Inclusive Because All Are Invested
Professionals Are Predictable • Many Imagine Robot-Like Behavior • Head’s Down, Mindlessly Reading Checklists • Disciplined Execution Keeps the High Points in Line • The Skill and Knowledge is for the Spaces In-Between • That Time Everything Clicked • It Is Almost Criminally Enjoyable
Team Activation • Disciplined Execution Empowers the Crew • Gawande’s CL Begins with Introductions Just for This • Individuals Begin Introductions – Name, Job • At the End, There Exists a Team • That First Combat Mission • Pilot Said, “Crew, Before Engine Start Checklist”
Your Charge as ATPM, PIC, Leader • Establish a Culture of Discipline • Repetition is the Key • I’ve Given You a Great Touchstone; The Mishap • Because it is TRUE! • Underwrite Honest Mistakes. None Other. • The Only Requirement is a Willingness to Improve
Professional Codes of Conduct • Selflessness: Responsibility for Others • Expectation of Skill: Excellence thru Knowledge & Expertise • Trustworthiness: That Our Charges Can Trust Us • Discipline: Dedication to the Team in All Actions • CAP / USAF CORE VALUES!
Questions? • Austin Worcester, Senior Program Mgr for UAS • aworcester@capnhq.gov