Practical, Evidence-Based SRM Training for Today’s Pilots
Structured SRM Training —
From Foundational Skills to Instructor Accreditation
SRM Pilot delivers structured, evidence-informed Single-Pilot Resource Management (SRM) training designed to strengthen decision-making, situational awareness, and human performance across general aviation and IFR operations.
The program integrates aviation human factors, operational experience, and safety science to support pilots operating in single-pilot, workload-intensive environments.
Program Design Philosophy
SRM Pilot training programs are designed around how pilots actually operate in real-world environments, not idealised scenarios or abstract model memorisation.
The program has been developed by pilots for pilots, drawing on lived operational experience across general aviation, IFR, instructional, and commercial flying environments. This ensures the training reflects the practical realities, pressures, and decision-making demands of single-pilot operations.
The curriculum integrates human factors, situational awareness, workload management, aeronautical decision-making, and threat and error management into a structured Single-Pilot Resource Management (SRM) framework that supports safe and consistent performance in both GA and IFR operations.
Training is evidence-informed and operationally grounded, with a strong emphasis on recognising human performance limits, managing cognitive load, and maintaining decision quality under pressure.
The focus is on developing practical SRM behaviours that pilots can apply deliberately and repeatedly, across routine operations, abnormal situations, and unexpected events.
SRM Pilot training is structured, progressive, and designed to be immediately usable in real-world single-pilot operations.
How Training is Delivered
Online learning with scenario-based walkthroughs
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Practical tools and templates for real operations
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Optional instructor-led sessions (where available)
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Clear outcomes and completion certificate
BASIC Single-Pilot Resource Management (SRM)
The BASIC SRM course introduces pilots to the core tools, mental models, and human-factors principles that underpin safe single-pilot operations. It focuses on developing early awareness of how workload, situational awareness, decision-making, and human performance interact, before complexity and pressure increase.
This course is ideally suited to RPL, PPL, CPL, and VFR pilots, as well as any pilot seeking to refresh or strengthen their foundational SRM skills.
Completion of the BASIC SRM course is a required prerequisite for progression to Advanced SRM and Train-the-Trainer programs.
Who It's For
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Pilots in early stages of flight training
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Licensed pilots seeking to refresh or recalibrate foundational SRM skills
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Pilots operating in single-pilot general aviation environments who want to strengthen judgement, awareness, and decision-making
What You'll Learn
Participants will develop a practical understanding of:
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Threat and Error Management (TEM) & situational awareness
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Workload and task management in single-pilot environments
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Hazard recognition and risk assessment techniques
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Aeronautical decision-making using the DECIDE model within an SRM framework
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Human factors elements that influence pilot performance and decision quality
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Learners develop a structured approach to managing workload, maintaining awareness, and making timely decisions in single-pilot flight
Outcome: A structured SRM framework you can apply immediately to manage workload, threats, and decision-making.
This course establishes a shared SRM language and practical decision framework.
Advanced SRM for GA & IFR Operations
Human-factors–driven SRM training for pilots operating in complex, high-pressure environments.
Advanced SRM builds on the BASIC SRM foundation and focuses on how human performance, workload, automation, and decision-making interact under pressure, particularly in single-pilot GA and IFR operations.
This course moves beyond theory and model awareness, developing practical SRM behaviours for managing high workload, degraded situational awareness, automation complexity, and unexpected events.
For pilots operating in higher-risk, higher-workload, or time-critical environments.
Who It's For
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IFR-rated pilots
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CPL holders and commercial operators
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Flight instructors
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Experienced GA pilots operating in higher-complexity environments
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Pilots seeking to strengthen decision-making, resilience, and SRM performance under pressure
What You'll Learn
Participants will develop advanced capability in:
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Single-pilot SRM strategies for complex GA and IFR operations
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Managing workload, task saturation, and cognitive loading
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Automation and avionics management in high-workload environments
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Maintaining and recovering situational awareness in IMC and time-pressured scenarios
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Threat and Error Management (TEM) applied to real-world operations
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Decision-making using the DECIDE model within an SRM and TEM framework
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Startle and surprise management using structured recovery techniques (A.S.A.R.)
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Handling unexpected events and abnormal situations through scenario-based application
Outcome: Higher-level SRM capability for complex, time-critical, or IFR operations with stronger automation and workload management.
Train-the-Trainer (SRM)Instructor Accreditation & Licencing
Instructor standardisation and delivery assurance for aviation schools and operators.
The SRM Train-the-Trainer program is designed for instructors and senior pilots responsible for delivering, embedding, and maintaining SRM standards within training organisations and operational environments.
This program focuses on consistent interpretation and application of SRM principles, ensuring instructors teach SRM as it is intended, grounded in human factors, operational reality, and evidence-informed practice, rather than as a checklist or theoretical add-on.
Participants develop the capability to facilitate SRM learning, manage reflective discussions, and guide pilots through scenario-based decision-making in a way that supports safety culture and operational consistency.
Who It's For
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Flight instructors
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Check and training pilots
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Senior operational pilots
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Aviation training managers
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Operators seeking consistent SRM delivery across their organisation
The Train-the-Trainer program ensures SRM is taught consistently, credibly, and in line with how pilots operate in real world environments.
What You'll Learn
Participants will develop the skills to:
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Deliver SRM training consistently across instructors and cohorts
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Facilitate scenario-based SRM discussions and guided reflection
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Recognise and address common misinterpretations of SRM concepts
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Integrate SRM into existing training and operational frameworks
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Support pilots in identifying personal performance limits and risk patterns
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Apply human factors, TEM, and DECIDE principles in an instructional context
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Maintain instructional alignment across GA, IFR, and operational environments
Outcome: Accreditation to deliver SRM Pilot with standardised facilitation, quality assurance, and governance support.