TY - JOUR
T1 - Human centered design in the air traffic control system
AU - Landry, Steven J.
N1 - Funding Information:
In many parts of the world, the air traffic system is still under development. In the US and Europe, researchers, engineers, and government agencies are working toward defining the next generation system. In the US, this work is being guided by the Joint Planning and Development Office, which is a government-led body with a wide range of representatives, including those from the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA, the Department of Defense, the Office of Homeland Security, air carrier companies, aircraft manufacturers, and other aviation companies. The European effort, part of which is called Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research (SESAR), is being led mostly by industry, in contrast to the U.S. approach (EUROCONTROL 2007). Both efforts aim to significantly increase the capacity of the system, while retaining or improving safety.
PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - A review of the current air traffic control system is undertaken from the perspective of human centered design, focusing on the development of today's system, the problems in today's system, and the challenges going forward. Today's system evolved around the operators in the system (mainly air traffic controllers and pilots), rather than being designed based on specific engineering analyses. This human centered focus has helped make air transportation remarkably safe, but has also made the air traffic control system somewhat inscrutable. This opaqueness of how the system operates poses significant problems for current attempts to transform the system into its "next generation" with significantly improved capacity. Research advances in human centered computing research required in order for this transformation work to proceed are discussed, specifically advances in computing the safety of complex human-integrated systems, understanding and measuring situation awareness, and visualizations of complex data.
AB - A review of the current air traffic control system is undertaken from the perspective of human centered design, focusing on the development of today's system, the problems in today's system, and the challenges going forward. Today's system evolved around the operators in the system (mainly air traffic controllers and pilots), rather than being designed based on specific engineering analyses. This human centered focus has helped make air transportation remarkably safe, but has also made the air traffic control system somewhat inscrutable. This opaqueness of how the system operates poses significant problems for current attempts to transform the system into its "next generation" with significantly improved capacity. Research advances in human centered computing research required in order for this transformation work to proceed are discussed, specifically advances in computing the safety of complex human-integrated systems, understanding and measuring situation awareness, and visualizations of complex data.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10845-009-0278-6
DO - 10.1007/s10845-009-0278-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79951510880
SN - 0956-5515
VL - 22
SP - 65
EP - 72
JO - Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
JF - Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
IS - 1
ER -