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Line Pilots' Attitudes about and Experience with Flight Deck Automation: Results of an International Survey and Proposed GuidelinesA survey of line pilots' attitudes about flight deck automation was conducted by the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine (RAF IAM, Farnborough, UK) under the sponsorship of the United Kingdom s Civil Aviation Authority and in cooperation with IATA (the International Air Transport Association). Survey freehand comments given by pilots operating 13 types of commercial transports across five manufacturers (Airbus, Boeing, British Aerospace, Lockheed, and McDonnell-Douglas) and 57 air carriers/organizations were analyzed by NASA. These data provide a "lessons learned" knowledge base which may be used for the definition of guidelines for flight deck automation and its associated crew interface within the High Speed Research Program. The aircraft chosen for analysis represented a progression of levels of automation sophistication and complexity, from "Basic" types (e.g., B727, DC9), through "Transition" types (e.g., A300, Concorde), to two levels of glass cockpits (e.g., Glass 1: e.g., A310; Glass 2: e.g., B747-400). This paper reports the results of analyses of comments from pilots flying commercial transport types having the highest level of automation sophistication (B757/B767, B747-400, and A320). Comments were decomposed into five categories relating to: (1) general observations with regard to flight deck automation; comments concerning the (2) design and (3) crew understanding of automation and the crew interface; (4) crew operations with automation; and (5) personal factors affecting crew/automation interaction. The goal of these analyses is to contribute to the definition of guidelines which may be used during design of future aircraft flight decks.
Document ID
20040111301
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Rudisill, Marianne (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1995
Publication Information
Publication: Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology
Publisher: Ohio State Univ. Press
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Meeting Information
Meeting: Eighth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology
Location: Columbus, OH
Country: United States
Start Date: January 1, 1995
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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