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Aircraft flight decks have become highly automated in an effort to maximize aircraft performance, increase terminal area productivity, and reduce fuel costs. Whereas flight deck automation offers significant operational advantages over older conventional flight decks, unintended side effects due to automation have been observed. Among these concerns is the possible change of pilot basic skills in automated aircraft. The differences, if any, in manual flight skills between aircrews assigned to conventional and automated flight decks were examined. Commercial airline crew members flying the conventional transport aircraft or the automated version were observed during line-oriented flight training. Aircraft state and pilot control inputs were recorded for analysis. An observer simultaneously evaluated secondary task accomplishment. Significant differences in manual control inputs were found, particularly during abnormal operations. The results have implications concerning modification of aircrew recurrency training, standard operating procedures, and flight deck resource management to further optimize aircrew performance and safety in automated flight decks.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1480, Public-Sector Aviation Issues: Graduate Research Award Papers 1993-1994. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

01495763

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p. 43-50

1995

Transportation Research Record

0309061180

References (25) ; Tables (5)

Administrative procedures; Automation; Flight crews; Flight decks; Flight training; Manual control; Motor skills; Operations; Performance; Safety

Manual (By hand); Observation; Secondary tasks; Standard operating procedures

Administration and Management; Aviation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors

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Oct 10 1995 12:00AM

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