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What ShYears ago the airline industry changed the way it traditionally viewed the pilot not flying in a multi-crew environment. The terminology used to describe the person not actively manipulating the flight controls was changed from “pilot not flying” to “pilot monitoring.”Along with it came a paradigm shift. When functioning as the pilot monitoring a crewmember is expected to actively and consistently assess the situation, contribute to collective situational awareness, and intervene if safety margins are not maintained. If effective crew resource management is practiced, an aircraft captainhas the advantage of having another pilot to validate good decisions and advocate another course of action in the event decision-making seems flawed.Although single-pilot operators lack the additional layer of defense of the pilot monitoring, understanding how pilots make decisions in real world situations can provide the insight needed to increase the likelihood of accurate situational awareness and in turn, identify some guidelines to enhance overall decision making.Exactly what constitutes a good as opposed to a bad decision is a question that often generates controversy. It is easy to stand at the scene of an accident and come to34 • TWIN &O&E O1&TT TUURRBBIINNEOCCTTTOOBBEERRR 2200111oJohn britting Photo