crew
Let an agent explain crews as working groups, relay how crews are organised in shipping, aviation, film, sport and other fields from professional sources, describe crew roles and culture, and distinguish crews from teams, staff and passengers.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain crews as working groups, relay how crews are organised in shipping, aviation, film, sport and other fields from professional sources, describe crew roles and culture, and distinguish crews from teams, staff and passengers.
A group of people who work together to operate a vessel, aircraft, vehicle or piece of equipment, or who perform a task as a unit, including a ship s company, naval boat crews, aircraft flight and ground crews, film and stage crews, rowing crews, gun teams in artillery described at public reference level, and dance crews in hip hop culture; crews are organised by roles, ranks and watches, and the term also denotes an informal group of friends.
What it is for: Operating vessels, aircraft and equipment or performing tasks as a unit.
It can be explain the concept; relay organisation by field; describe roles and culture; distinguish related groups.
Distinguishing features
Operates equipment
Defined roles
Watch and shift systems
Field-specific
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a group at work on a vessel, set or stage.
Physical character
large container ship crew: about 20-25 count
airliner minimum cabin crew: 1 per 50 seats note - many regulators
rowing eight: 8 rowers and a cox count
How it is recognised
Group operating a vessel, aircraft or equipment
Ship s company, boat crew, ground crew, film crew, rowing crew, gun team, dance crew
Passengers are carried; staff is a general workforce; a team may not operate equipment
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
operates - or aircraft or equipment
is contrasted with - who is carried
is organised by - on ships
In practice
Families and kinds
ship s companies and merchant crews
naval boat and gun crews at public reference level
aircraft flight, cabin and ground crews
film, television and stage crews
rowing and sailing crews
dance crews and informal crews
space and submarine crews
Standards and regulation
STCW convention and maritime labour rules for seafarers
Aviation crew licensing and flight time rules
Film industry union agreements
Failure modes and hazards
Fatigue and crew resource management failures
Confusing crews with passengers or staff
Registry aliases mixing military teams with civilian crews
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.crew
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a crew is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a crew, and how does it differ from passengers, staff and teams? definition
- Is the question about crews in general, a field or a specific crew? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are ship s companies, boat crews, ground crews, film crews, rowing crews, gun teams and dance crews? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Work Organisation.
Practice.
Roles
Roles and ranks.
Roles
Roles.
- How are crews organised by roles, ranks, departments and watches? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Safety
Safety and CRM.
Safety
Safety.
- What is crew resource management, and how do fatigue rules protect crews? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Fields Fields.
Sources.
Transport
Sea, air and space.
Transport
Transport.
- How do maritime, aviation and space crews work and train? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific field? action
Arts
Arts and sport.
Arts
Arts.
- How do film, stage, rowing and dance crews work? provenance
- Which entry fits film crew? action
Context Culture and history.
Context.
Culture
Crew culture.
Culture
Culture.
- What traditions and slang define crew culture, and how did the term extend to friend groups? provenance
- Which entry fits maritime culture? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How have crews changed with technology and regulation? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of seafaring? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should ship s company, film crew and dance crew be separate primary entries?
- How should professional sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming military gun teams; should they be handled at public reference level or split off?