Crew resource management grew out of the 1977 Tenerife airport disaster where two Boeing 747 aircraft collided on the runway killing 583 people . A few weeks later , NASA held a workshop on the topic , endorsing this innovative training . United Airlines was the first airline to provide CRM training for its cockpit crews in 1981 . By the 1990s , it had become a global standard
Tenerife airport disaster
Tenerife airport disaster
Crew resource management