Assessing the safety effects of prediction errors and uncertainty on automationsupported functions in the Next Generation Air Transportation System concept of operations is of foremost importance, particularly safety critical functions such as separation that involve human decision-making. Both ground-based and airborne, the automation of separation functions must be designed to account for, and mitigate the impact of, information uncertainty and varying human response. This paper describes an experiment that addresses the potential impact of operator delay when interacting with separation support systems. In this study, we evaluated an airborne separation capability operated by a simulated pilot. The experimental runs are part of the Safety Performance of Airborne Separation (SPAS) experiment suite that examines the safety implications of prediction errors and system uncertainties on airborne separation assistance systems. Pilot actions required by the airborne separation automation to resolve traffic conflicts were delayed within a wide range, varying from five to 240 seconds while a percentage of randomly selected pilots were programmed to completely miss the conflict alerts and therefore take no action. Results indicate that the strategicAirborne Separation Assistance System (ASAS) functions exercised in the experiment can sustain pilot response delays of up to 90 seconds and more, depending on the traffic density. However, when pilots or operators fail to respond to conflict alerts the safety effects are substantial, particularly at higher traffic densities.


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    Titel :

    Impact of Pilot Delay and Non-Responsiveness on the Safety Performance of Airborne Separation


    Beteiligte:
    Consiglio, Maria (Autor:in) / Hoadley, Sherwood (Autor:in) / Wing, David (Autor:in) / Baxley, Brian (Autor:in) / Allen, Bonnie Danette (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference ; 2008 ; Anchorage, AK, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2008-09-14


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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