# Captain's Opinion on Mates using BRM to Question Decisions **URL:** \ **Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\ **Created:** [February 14, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/captains-opinion-on-mates-using-brm-to-question-decisions/47329 "2018-02-14T16:27:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/captains-opinion-on-mates-using-brm-to-question-decisions/47329/19 "2018-02-20T15:10:04Z")
Yes, I agree, that said… Because of research into the science of human factors, the view of how ship’s officers and crew should interact has changed in the last few decades. This view has been backed up by the successes of CRM the airlines use. Basically what mariners trained without the benefits of human factors research are saying is; the old, outdated model of crew interactions would have worked in the case of the _El Faro_ if only it had been used “properly”. Therefore the crew was in error. Everything else being equal, the odds of the _El Faro_ making a successful voyage would have increased had they taken advantage of what we now know about how crews interact with each other and the environment. In the post [Will the El Faro Cause a Rethink of BRM/MRM\* Training?](http://forum.gcaptain.com/t/will-the-el-faro-cause-a-rethink-of-brm-mrm-training/47279) the point I was trying to make is that the instructors in BRM/MRM type classes that are trying to impose outdated ideas on mariners they are training are part of the problem. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/captains-opinion-on-mates-using-brm-to-question-decisions/47329)._