Impact Of Nextgen On National Airspace Actors,
2015
Wright State University
Impact Of Nextgen On National Airspace Actors, Kelley J. Krokos, Michael W. Sawyer, Katherine A. Berry
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is executing a transformation of the National Airspace System (NAS) through the implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). This paper presents two research efforts related to understanding and analyzing the effects of planned NextGen changes across NAS actors. American Institutes for Research is completing a Strategic Job Analysis and Strategic Training Needs Analysis of two NAS actors. The results are intended to provide recommendations to selection and training requirements necessary to support NextGen implementation. Fort Hill Group is building Human-System Interaction Models (HSIMs) that identify the human-system interactions affected by planned changes …
Promoting Aviation Safety In Africa: Analysis Of Air Accidents In The Region Between 2004 And 2013,
2015
Wright State University
Promoting Aviation Safety In Africa: Analysis Of Air Accidents In The Region Between 2004 And 2013, Jacob Joshua Shila, Amadou Anne
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
The international air traffic in the Africa region is projected to grow at an average annual rate of 5.1% between 2012 and 2032. The air transport industry in the region has supported about 6.9 million jobs, contributed about $ 67.8 million in economic activity, and about $ 80.5 million in GDP. However, the African continent was ranked last in the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program (USOAP) report for the year 2012. Efforts by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), airlines, and governments, and other institutions are currently underway to promote aviation safety. Aviation safety implementation in the Africa region is …
Audiotactile Aids For Improving Pilot Situation Awareness,
2015
Wright State University
Audiotactile Aids For Improving Pilot Situation Awareness, J. Christopher Brill, Ben D. Lawson, Angus H. Rupert
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
Up to one-third of all aircraft mishaps are attributable to spatial disorientation (SD), costing lives and millions of dollars. One potential solution is to provide supplementary sensory cues to help improve pilots’ situation awareness (SA). Given existing demands on the pilot’s visual system, audition and touch present the greatest potential for success. However, accurate 3D audio perception may be problematic in noisy operational environments. To determine the effects, participants performed an azimuth cue localization task while listening to 90 dB helicopter noise. Cue modalities conditions included 3D audio, vibrotactile, and audiotactile. Accuracy was better and response times were significantly faster …
Avionics Touch Screen In Turbulence: Simulation For Design,
2015
Wright State University
Avionics Touch Screen In Turbulence: Simulation For Design, Sylvain Hourlier, Xavier Servantie
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
As touch screens are everywhere in the consumer market Thales has launched in depth evaluations on their introduction in the cockpit. One of the challenges is to verify its compatibility with in flight use under turbulence conditions, including light, moderate and severe. In flight accelerometer collections were performed to provide us with a baseline for choosing between possible simulation solutions. Thales recognized early on the need for such a tool as it would enable us to define recommendations for our HMI designs. The objectives were first to validate specific complex touch/gestures using all the potential of touch interactions for novel …
Concept Of Flight Instructor Assistance In Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Using Pilot Trainee’S Workload Determination,
2015
Wright State University
Concept Of Flight Instructor Assistance In Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Using Pilot Trainee’S Workload Determination, Felix Maiwald, Axel Schulte
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
This article focuses on the development of a tool chain to support the training of helicopter rescue pilots. The aim is to support the training instructor for comprehensible, objective and reliable assessment of the mental state of pilot trainees. Hence this article investigates a method for on-line estimating the mental workload of the pilot and his free/needed cognitive and sensorimotor resources during flight. We further provide a description of the methodological approach and details on the implemented prototype of a flight instructor station as part of our research simulator. In a first simulator study with four subjects the system has …
Attentional Narrowing: A First Step Towards Controlled Studies Of A Threat To Aviation Safety,
2015
Wright State University
Attentional Narrowing: A First Step Towards Controlled Studies Of A Threat To Aviation Safety, Julie Prinet, Nadine Sarter
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
Attentional narrowing - the involuntary restriction of attention to a small set of data or one task/goal - is a major concern in many complex, high-risk domains. Research into this phenomenon is much needed but hampered by the difficulty of inducing it reliably in a controlled experimental setting. The present study tested the effectiveness of loud noise and high task demand for achieving this goal. Seven participants performed a visual search task in the context of a simplified air traffic control simulation. Performance and eye tracking data were recorded. Eye tracking metrics showed a narrowing of participants’ visual attentional field …
Visual Search And Target Selection Using A Bounded Optimal Model Of State Estimation & Control,
2015
Wright State University
Visual Search And Target Selection Using A Bounded Optimal Model Of State Estimation & Control, Brandon S. Perelman, Christopher W. Myers
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
Visual attention and motor control are tightly coupled in domains requiring a human operator to interact with a visual interface. Here, we integrate a boundedly optimal visual attention model with two separate motor control models and compare the predictions made by these models against perceptual and motor data collected from human subjects engaged in a parafoveal detection task. The results indicate that humans use an optimal motor control policy limited by precision constraints – humans executed ballistic movements using near-optimal velocity (i.e., bang-bang control), but imprecision in those movements often caused participants to overshoot their targets, necessitating corrective action. Motor …
An Ecological Approach To The Supervisory Control Of Uav Swarms,
2015
Wright State University
An Ecological Approach To The Supervisory Control Of Uav Swarms, Christian Fuchs, Clark Borst, Guido De Croon, Rene Van Paassen, Max Mulder
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
Advances in miniaturized computer technology have made it possible for a single Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to complete its mission autonomously. This also sparked interest in having swarms of UAVs that are cooperating as a team on a single mission. The level of automation involved in the control of UAVswarms will also change the role of the human operator. That is, instead of manually controlling the movements of the individual UAVs, the system operator will need to perform higher-level mission management tasks. However, most ground control stations are still tailored to the control of single UAVs by portraying raw flight …
A Valid And Reliable Safety Scale For Passenger’S Perceptions Of Airport Safety,
2015
Wright State University
A Valid And Reliable Safety Scale For Passenger’S Perceptions Of Airport Safety, Stephen Rice, Rian Mehta, Scott Winter, Korhan Oyman
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
Previous research has developed various customer satisfaction scales in many applied areas; however, to our knowledge, there is not a validated scale for measuring commercial airline passengers’ ratings of personal safety based on airport security. The current study seeks to address this missing gap by developing a valid and reliable safety scale for commercial airline passengers (SS-CAP). We first solicited words and phrases that are related to a passenger’s feeling of safety from potential consumers and experts in the field. We then narrowed down the list to 7 remaining items. Lastly, we tested the scale using participants from Amazon's ® …
Contribution Of Multimethodology To Human Factors In Air Navigation Systems,
2015
Wright State University
Contribution Of Multimethodology To Human Factors In Air Navigation Systems, Lisia Maria Espinola Da Silva Pacheco Cabral, Marcos Pereira
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
This article presents a general view of a post-graduation study developed from 2011 to 2014 into some civil Air Navigation contexts of a brazilian public organization, to promote System and Rational Thinking, and Metagovernance, aiming at structuring, understanding and monitoring problems prone to variability, dynamics and unpredictability, to contribute to minimum risks management and opportunities of changes in real work. The study was developed to support TRM (Team Resources Management) behavior abilities, introduced as a Program since 2009, and adopted: a qualitative and collective method;Multimethodology as a predictive methodology, in which Conceptual Map was the central instrument, based on Soft …
Nigeria’S Aviation At A Glance: The Assessment Of Nigerians’ Perceived Trust Level In Nigeria’S Aviation Industry,
2015
Wright State University
Nigeria’S Aviation At A Glance: The Assessment Of Nigerians’ Perceived Trust Level In Nigeria’S Aviation Industry, Ibrahim G. Miya, Stephen C. Rice
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
The recent occurrences of fatal aviation crashes in Nigeria have significantly affected Nigerians’ trust in the overall performance efficiency of Nigeria’s aviation. In the context of Africa’s aviation, Nigeria in particular, it appeared that very little is being done on trust. This study assessed Nigerians trust level in Nigeria’s aviation industry with respect to “Familiarity-Based Trust Model,” (Zhang, Ghorbani & Cohen, 2007). The study used a 7-point Likert-type survey questionnaires as the primary data collection tools. Ten predictor variables (income, age, gender, political view, aircraft ownership, purpose of flying, class ticket, relationship status, distance flown, and flight frequency) were regressed …
Uas Air Traffic Controller Acceptability Study-2: Effects Of Communications Delays And Winds In Simulation,
2015
Wright State University
Uas Air Traffic Controller Acceptability Study-2: Effects Of Communications Delays And Winds In Simulation, James R. Comstock Jr., Rania W. Ghatas, Maria C. Consiglio, James P. Chamberlain, Keith D. Hoffler
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
This study evaluated the effects of Communications Delays and Winds on Air Traffic Controller ratings of acceptability of horizontal miss distances (HMDs) for encounters between UAS and manned aircraft in a simulation of the Dallas-Ft. Worth East-side airspace. Fourteen encounters per hour were staged in the presence of moderate background traffic. Seven recently retired controllers with experience at DFW served as subjects. Guidance provided to the UAS pilots for maintaining a given HMD was provided by information from self-separation algorithms displayed on the Multi-Aircraft Simulation System. Winds tested did not affect the acceptability ratings. Communications delays tested included 0, 400, …
Computational Simulation Of Authority-Responsibility Mismatches In Air-Ground Function Allocation,
2015
Wright State University
Computational Simulation Of Authority-Responsibility Mismatches In Air-Ground Function Allocation, Martijn Ijtsma, Amy R. Pritchett, Raunak P. Bhattacharyya
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
Authority-responsibility mismatches are created when one agent is authorized (has authority) to perform an activity, but a different agent is responsible for its outcome. An authority-responsibility mismatch demands monitoring by the responsible agent that itself requires additional information transfer and taskload. This paper demonstrates a computational simulation methodology that identifies when mismatches will occur in complex, multi-agent aviation operations, and their implications for information transfer between agents and task demands on each agent. A case study examines 25 authority and responsibility allocations in a NextGen/SESAR scenario in a terminal area where authority and responsibility for activities involving optimal profile descents, …
Techniques For The Human Centered Evaluation Of Designs For The Future Aviation System,
2015
Wright State University
Techniques For The Human Centered Evaluation Of Designs For The Future Aviation System, Philip J. Smith, Kathy Abbott, Lawrence J. Prinzel, Amy Pritchett, Tanya Yuditsky
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
In order to evaluate new operational concepts, system designs, procedures and technologies for the future aviation system, we need to develop and validate a range of techniques to ensure the safe and effective performance of human-machine systems. This becomes increasingly important as such systems incorporate increasing levels of automation and autonomy for technologies, and as they attempt to integrate increasingly complex subsystems. It is challenging to evaluate the individual components of such systems relative to meeting their design requirements. It is orders of magnitude more challenging to evaluate performance when they are embedded in the larger system context. While there …
Consumer Trust Ratings After An Airline Accident: An Affective Perspective,
2015
Wright State University
Consumer Trust Ratings After An Airline Accident: An Affective Perspective, Scott R. Winter, Stephen Rice, Ismael Cremer, Rian Mehta
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
Fortunately airline accidents are rare; however when one occurs it usually results in widespread media attention. The purpose of this study was to examine how consumers’ trust ratings were impacted when one airline suffered an accident. The findings indicate that System Wide Trust (SWT) theory applies resulting in a trust reduction for all airlines, not just the accident airline. Affect was shown to act as a mediator in only three of the cases, which suggest that consumer’s responses may not be strongly influenced by emotions. Practical implications and limitations of this study are provided.
A3ir-Coree And Flightprofiler: An Academic-Industry Partnership For Sms Development,
2015
Wright State University
A3ir-Coree And Flightprofiler: An Academic-Industry Partnership For Sms Development, John H. Mott, Mark C. Ball
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
FlightProfiler, a safety management system software for general aviation that has been under development since 2000, quantifies and illustrates how 79 different factors collectively affect planning for general aviation flights. The software uses advanced collaborative decision-making technology and NextGen analytics to prescreen an entire flight cycle, with objectives of improving flight safety and reducing costs. The Advanced Aviation Analytics Institute for Research (A3IR-CORE) at Purdue University has entered a partnership with the software developer to improve the usability of the product in a collegiate aviation environment. This includes creating process flow diagrams of the software and of Purdue flight operations, …
Experimental Investigation Of Flight Crew Strategies In Handling Unexpected Events,
2015
Wright State University
Experimental Investigation Of Flight Crew Strategies In Handling Unexpected Events, Joris Field, Rogier Woltjer, Amy Rankin, Max Mulder
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
This paper reports a flight simulation study where airline flight crews were to handle unexpected situations, as part of the “Manual Operations for 4th Generation Airliners” (Man4Gen) EU research project. The analysis of their behaviour combined a cognitive systems engineering perspective with behavioural analysis methods used in aviation industry. Hollnagel’s Contextual Control (COCOM) and Extended Control (ECOM) Models are applied to examine the strategies with which the flight crew responded to the simulated events. The outcome of this analysis is combined with the results of industry expert analysis of the actions that flight crew were expected to perform. ECOM illustrates …
Un-Alerted Smoke And Fire: Checklist Content And Intended Crew Response,
2015
Wright State University
Un-Alerted Smoke And Fire: Checklist Content And Intended Crew Response, Barbara K. Burian
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
An in-flight smoke or fire event is an emergency unlike almost any other. The early cues for un-alerted conditions, such as air conditioning smoke or fire, are often ambiguous and elusive. The checklists crews use for these conditions must help them respond quickly and effectively and must guide their decisions. Ten years ago an industry committee developed a template to guide the content of Part 121 checklists for un-alerted smoke and fire events. This template is based upon a new philosophy about how crews should use the checklists and respond to the events. To determine the degree to which current …
Exploring The Mathematical Predictability Of The Advanced Aircraft Training Climate,
2015
Wright State University
Exploring The Mathematical Predictability Of The Advanced Aircraft Training Climate, Preven Naidoo
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
Effective pilot training on advanced aircraft is vital in ensuring flight safety, and positive perceptions of the training climate can contribute to the success of the training. Hypothetically, characteristics of the trainee can predict the training climate. Thus far, predictive models have provided little information about the mental viscosity or psychological comfort of the processes of pilot training. The purpose of this study was to develop a mathematical model to predict the psychological comfort of the organisational environment for advanced aircraft pilot transition training using a dichotomous categorical criterion. A predictive model of the phenomena was contemplated from a non-parametric …
Airframe Parachute Knowledge And Deployment Scenarios: A Collegiate Perspective,
2015
Wright State University
Airframe Parachute Knowledge And Deployment Scenarios: A Collegiate Perspective, Scott R. Winter, Robert C. Geske, Stephen Rice, Richard O. Fanjoy, Lauren Sperlak
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015
As airframe parachutes in general aviation aircraft become more popular, training is essential in fostering a willingness to use the system in the appropriate situation. Aviation decision-making literature suggests that individuals make choices based on experience and pattern matching, such as emergency situations and airframe parachute deployment scenarios. This led the researchers to investigate the knowledge and perspectives of collegiate pilots who train in aircraft equipped with airframe parachutes. Participants completed a surveyfocused on airframe parachute knowledge and scenario-based examples. Training experts were used to validate the parachute deployment scenarios used in the instrument. Responses indicate that pilots find aircraft …
