Airbus Threat and Error Management( (TEM) Briefing

In this video we will cover how briefings are made in accordance with the new philosophy of Airbus - TEM Briefing.

Whilst the previous briefing focuses more on informative outlines, the new briefing would put more emphasis on the importance of Threat and Error Management (TEM). According to Airbus, the 2 main objectives of a briefing is to mitigate threats and for the pilots to identify deviations from a routine flight. The briefing is now divided into parts where it would seem more like a conversation as both pilots are required to participate in the identification and mitigation of external threats.

Airbus wants pilots to “think out of the box”, so a good briefing would have a bird-eye view from above to identify potential threats that are out of the ordinary. The new briefing should be “interactive”, “conversational”, and stimulate questions for further discussions. Briefing for routine operational information is scraped and the verbalisation of the engine failure after takeoff procedure is no longer mandatory. In short, the new briefing is shorter, less repetitive, and more situational.