title: Sterility.
abstract: Whether or not you are still swimming in the gene pool, if you are a member of a flight crew, this article is intended to help you avoid that ultimate form of sterility known as death. Sterile cockpit is an aviation term meaning the absence of nonessential conversation, not silence. This concept is really important to flight crews for a number of very exciting reasons.
authors.affiliation: Huntsville MedFlight, CJ Systems Aviation Group, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Richard K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Melis
mesh_terms: D017732:Air Ambulances / Q000592:standards*; D001288:Attention; D001359:Aviation / Q000592:standards*; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D012449:Safety; D014481:United States