A study of Multi-Crew Pilot License (MPL)

Dear Readers of Nonrev.

Let me introduce myself: my name is Nikita Mikhailov and I am a postgraduate student of Occupational Psychology or as it is known in US Industrial Psychology.

I am doing my study on the Multi Crew Pilot License. My study aims to research possible effects of MPL on Crew Resource Management (CRM), particularly Trans-Cockpit Authority Gradient. There is a lot of debate on this license; however, we currently have already MPL graduates flying as first officers in commercial airlines; therefore the question of the possible effect of the perception of MPL could have on CRM in my personal opinion as a passenger is very important.

So, dear readers, I am looking for airline captains to interview (that is my research sample, so everything here will not be included in the study results) particularly from Lufthansa, Swiss, and other airlines which have MPL graduate, so if anyone is one or has contact details of one, if you could pass it on that there is this study on the MPL, I would greatly appreciate it . Also, though my prime sample is captains, I still would like to hear everybody's opinions on the MPL and the reasoning behind it; after all' two heads are better than one. So, if you are interested in this study either to participate or just to give me your professional opinion, I would be more than happy to hear from you on this forum. If you want me to provide you with more information on the nature of the study, post it on this forum or just drop me a line in private.


Best Regards.

Nikita Mikhailov