The Command Handbook
A Practical Guide through Command Upgrade and Beyond
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2.0 • 1 Rating
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- $38.99
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- $38.99
Publisher Description
The Command Handbook provides practical information, examples and tips to guide first officers on their journey through the command upgrade. While the main aim of The Command Handbook is to provide guidance through the upgrade, there is also plenty of useful information for seasoned commanders.
The Command Handbook is divided into six chapters. Each chapter features high quality photos and graphics to make your study as enjoyable as possible.
The first chapter; Progress to Command offers tips, areas to focus on and what to study on each step of the way (from junior first officer to command line check).
The second chapter; Commander’s CRM focuses on different CRM aspects from the position of the team leader.
The third chapter; Commander’s Role focuses on various duties and responsibilities of a commander.
The fourth chapter; Non-normal Management offers general guidance on management of non-normals
The fifth chapter; Aircraft Technical Log discusses MEL, CDL, ATL and how to deal with defects.
The sixth chapter offers tips on Turnaround Management
The seventh chapter; Scenarios features 63 scenarios with insights where you can practice your decision making
Customer Reviews
Generic, Logical but nothing groundbreaking!
The book is well laid out in design however, after seeing the authors other book samples, I was disappointed.
Nothing ground breaking. Mostly a basic overview of logical steps & procedures. Regurgitated information from standard training, SOP & CRM manuals. Although it’s not a bad read, I don’t feel this would be a major advantage to any upgrade want to be.
The title leads one to believe it would or could be used as a reference guide. Not likely, Its more of a holistic approach. To me the term “Handbook” is misleading.
The information is very generic and general. There are no hidden gems here.
Most of the information in this book would already be known by anyone ready or able to upgrade. Generally the day to day considerations will be imparted on any normal line flight with any line Captain, at the bar on an overnight or at least on line training.
I don’t understand why these command upgrade books don’t actually break down scenarios. He made a short attempt in the MEL section, but fell short in my opinion.
He adds a few examples of situations/scenarios at the end of the book. But no hint of what would be, could be or should be considered from a long term Captains perspective. So no real training to this read.
There are no real junkets of information from weathered Captains here. It would have been nice if it would have made an attempt to impart ideas to the reader of how an experienced captain would think. Apart from maybe you could consider a few things....
In my mind a learning & teaching moment was missed.
You can at least come up with some failures and show the reader what you would do. What issues you would consider first, second and closing thoughts.
I feel he leads you to a generic end result without any guidance. In my opinion there is not much to really learn from this book.
In reflection Its not a bad book by any stretch of the imagination. It’s just not worth the asking price.
So, maybe save your money and search elsewhere.