Established on Required Navigation Performance (EoR) (RNP): Human Factors Implementation Guidance for Air Traffic Control Facilities within the National Airspace System

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) NextGen Human Factors Division commissioned this research to identify and share lessons learned from air traffic control facilities that were “early adopters” of Established on Required Navigation Performance (EoR) (RNP) procedures. Based on a review of relevant concept validation documentation and research literature and 38 interviews with personnel at Seattle and Denver Terminal Radar Control (TRACON) facilities, a suite of guidance materials was developed to support air traffic control facilities with EoR implementation. The materials included: a) a pair of hybrid process charts/checklists covering the Plan & Design and Implement/Sustain stages of an EoR implementation, b) an Air Traffic Control facility communication toolkit to support EoR implementation, and c) an Air Traffic Controller’s EoR Journey Map describing some typical air traffic controller responses to the introduction of EoR. In developing these materials, consideration was given to a set of design principles informed by user-centered design and design thinking approaches, as well as by change management considerations. These materials were validated during a third site visit to Houston Terminal Radar Control facility, where twenty interviews were conducted with operational personnel, including Certified Professional Controllers. As well as providing feedback and suggested revisions to these materials, the site visit also allowed the researchers to collate human factors data on an EoR implementation within a dual and triple runway configuration. The results from Phase II of this work include a suite of materials that air traffic control facilities can adapt to support their own EoR implementation projects, as well as additional insights into how best to support controllers through transitions and changes associated with the introduction of new technology, new procedures, and increased automation.

• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50922
• Corporate Authors:

  Evans Incorporated

  Falls Church, VA  United States 

  Architecture Technology Corporation

  Minneapolis, MN  United States 

  Federal Aviation Administration

  NextGen Human Factors Division
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Authors:
  • Thomas, Lauren J
  • 0000-0003-2511-3979
  • Serrato, Alicia
  • 0000-0002-9708-8701
• Publication Date: 2019-9-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Phase II Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: 62p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Air traffic controllers; Automation; Human factors; Implementation; Lessons learned; Technological innovations; Trajectory control; Validation
• Geographic Terms: Houston (Texas)
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01754731
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: DTFAWA-15-D-00026
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 16 2020 9:16AM