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Ecological Interface Design: Control Space Robustness In Future Trajectory-Based Air Traffic Control Decision Support, Rolf Klomp, Clark Borst, Max Mulder, Gesa Praetorius

Gesa Praetorius

The current evolution of the Air Traffic Management system towards trajectory-based operations is foreseen to bring large changes to the work domain of the Air Traffic Controller. Although this new form of Air Traffic Control leans heavily on the introduction of advanced automation, the general consensus is that the human must remain actively involved in the decision-making loop, and retain the ultimate responsibility for the safety of operations. These responsibilities, together with the complexities of the new task, require the development of innovative decision support tools. In previous research, and following the principles of Ecological Interface Design, a constraint-based decision …