PRIORITIES, ORGANIZATION, AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION ACCESSED BY PILOTS IN VARIOUS PHASES OF FLIGHT

In the first project of the study, 27 pilots rated the priority of information required for flight. These pilots were divided by flight experience into novices (65 to 820 hours' flight time) and experienced pilots (1600 to 17,000 hours' flight time). Participants rated 29 information elements across seven phases of flight. These data show the shifting priorities of information across phases of flight, and some clear differences in priority assignments appeared between the novices and the experienced pilots. In the second project, 34 pilots, some from Project 1, participated in the collection of relatedness data for 231 pairs of information elements. A Pathfinder analysis and hierarchical clustering were conducted showing connections among these elements and grouping of the elements. Pilot experience had little influence on the form of the network of associations. The discussion explores the potential of these data for instrumentation layout and integration of cockpit information systems, datalink design, and development of flight instruction curricula.

• Record URL:
  http://www.faa.gov/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/2000s/media/00_26.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57925
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Office of Aerospace Medicine, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591

  New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

  Department of Psychology
  Las Cruces, NM  United States  88003

  Lamonica Aviation

  4355 East La Osa Drive
  Tuscon, AZ  United States  85718-6757

  United States Air Force

  Research Laboratory
  Albuquerque, NM  United States  87107
• Authors:
  • Schvaneveldt, R
  • Beringer, D B
  • Lamonica, J
  • Tucker, R
  • Nance, C
• Publication Date: 2000-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 43 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pilots; Cluster analysis; Flight; Information display systems; Information, data, and knowledge; Instrument displays
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00929927
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT/FAA/AM-00/26
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 14 2002 12:00AM