An Experimental Study of the Effects of Automation on Pilot Situational Awareness in the Datalink ATC Environment

Hahn, Edward C; Hansman, R John

ISBN 10: 1288910533 / ISBN 13: 9781288910533

Editore: Biblioscholar, 2013

Codice articolo 19520695-n

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An experiment to study how automation, when used in conjunction with datalink for the delivery of air traffic control (ATC) clearance amendments, affects the situational awareness of aircrews was conducted. The study was focused on the relationship of situational awareness to automated Flight Management System (FMS) programming and the readback of ATC clearances. Situational awareness was tested by issuing nominally unacceptable ATC clearances and measuring whether the error was detected by the subject pilots. The experiment also varied the mode of clearance delivery: Verbal, Textual, and Graphical. The error detection performance and pilot preference results indicate that the automated programming of the FMS may be superior to manual programming. It is believed that automated FMS programming may relieve some of the cognitive load, allowing pilots to concentrate on the strategic implications of a clearance amendment. Also, readback appears to have value, but the small sample size precludes a definite conclusion. Furthermore, because textual and graphical modes of delivery offer different but complementary advantages for cognitive processing, a combination of these modes of delivery may be advantageous in a datalink presentation.

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Titolo: An Experimental Study of the Effects of ...
Casa editrice: Biblioscholar
Data di pubblicazione: 2013
Legatura: Brossura
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