Aeronautical Terms beginning with C

CARE

An acronym that represents the four risk assessment and mitigation elements: Consequences, Alternatives, Reality, and External pressures.

CAST/ICAO Common Taxonomy Team (CICTT)

A group that developed common classifications and definitions for aviation accident and incident reporting.

CFIT

Controlled Flight Into Terrain.

CFR

Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

Checklist

A tool that is used as a human factors aid in aviation safety. It is a systematic and sequential list of all operations that must be performed to accomplish a task properly.

Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST)

Organization founded in 1997 to bring together various segments of the aviation community with the goal to reduce accidents through a data-driven approach.

Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT)

An accident whereby an airworthy aircraft, under pilot control, inadvertently flies into terrain, an obstacle, or water.

Crew Resource Management (CRM)

The application of team management concepts in the flight deck environment. CRM programs evolved to include cabin crews, maintenance personnel, and others. Pilots of small aircraft, as well as crews of larger aircraft, should make effective use of all available resources; human resources, hardware, and information. A current definition includes all groups routinely working with the flight deck crew who are involved in decisions required to operate a flight safely. These groups include, but are not limited to: pilots, dispatchers, cabin crewmembers, maintenance personnel, and air traffic controllers. CRM is one way of addressing the challenge of optimizing the human/machine interface and accompanying interpersonal activities.

CRM

Crew Resource Management.

Currency

Meeting all established requirements.