To demonstrate compliance with China Civil Aviation Regulations (CCAR) 25.771(a), a scenario-based pilot-in-the-loop assessment test is required to verify the aircraft cockpit allows the minimum flight crew (established under CCAR 25.1523) to perform their duties without unreasonable concentration or fatigue, which means the workload of the flight crew is acceptable. In theory, measuring flight crew workload data (both subjective and objective) in real flights is a reasonable approach. However, many of the test scenarios in the certification tests for workload measurement involve abnormal and emergency scenarios, which would be difficult, risky and costly to realize in real flight. Therefore, in this paper, subjective and objective measurements of workload were obtained for 11 flight crews performing the same tasks under four identical test scenarios in simulator and real flight respectively. Independent t-tests were used to compare data of workload measurements (both subjective and objective) between simulator test and the real flight test. The results show that for workload measurement certification tests when the same crew faces the same scenario and performs the same task in simulator and real flight, there is no significant difference in values of workload measurements (both subjective and objective), and the objective value of workload measurements have similar variation characteristics. The results suggest that the simulator can be used as an effective tool for workload measurement certification tests instead of real flight tests.


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    Title :

    Using Flight Simulator as an Effective Tool for Pilots’ Workload Assessment Certification Tests


    Additional title:

    Lect. Notes Electrical Eng.


    Contributors:
    Fu, Song (editor) / Lu, Shasha (author)

    Conference:

    Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology ; 2023 ; Lingshui, China October 16, 2023 - October 18, 2023



    Publication date :

    2024-07-02


    Size :

    10 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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