ACHIEVING SAFER AIR TRANSPORTATION VIA SITUATION AWARENESS: COCKPIT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OF THE FUTURE

As a part of achieving greater flight safety, this paper focuses on the human-machine interface. It examines situation awareness in the glass cockpit for the year 2000 - how commercial aviation technology will effect the pilots, crewmembers, ergonomics, aerospace engineers, software engineers, management, and mechanics. Like any individual engaging in high level performance tasks, pilots require a high degree of situation(al) awareness to function appropriately. Likened to all highly accountable positions, pilots are required to access, prioritize, predict and penetrate the environment. All pilots must have a high level of situation awareness to accommodate the variety of functions required in a rapidly changing environment. Several organizations, notably Boeing and United Airlines, have joined to develop an Enhanced Situational Awareness System (ESAS) to aid pilots in their tasks.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Forum

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• Authors:
  • Wilson, M B
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Forum, 36th Annual Conference, 2 volumes
  • Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
  • Date: 1994-11-3 to 1994-11-5
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 717-724

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pilots; Air transportation; Airline pilots; Alertness; Aviation safety; Awareness; Behavior; Civil aviation; Cockpits; Conservation; Human factors; Personnel performance; Technology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Resource management
• Old TRIS Terms: Human performance; Human-machine interface
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00727097
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 21 1996 12:00AM