Pilot's information use during TCAS events, and relationship to compliance to TCAS resolution advisories

Amy R. Pritchett; Elizabeth S. Fleming; William P. Cleveland; Vlad M. Popescu; Dhruv A. Thakkar; Jonathan J. Zoetrum

doi:10.1177/1071181312561026

Pilot's information use during TCAS events, and relationship to compliance to TCAS resolution advisories

Amy R. Pritchett, Elizabeth S. Fleming, William P. Cleveland, Vlad M. Popescu, Dhruv A. Thakkar, Jonathan J. Zoetrum

Aerospace Engineering

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The Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) is intended to serve as a backup, redundant system that alerts and advises the pilot when all other methods of aircraft separation assurance fail. A flight simulator experiment examined pilot responses to TCAS advisories in a full air traffic environment. This paper discusses two analyses of the pilots' use of information within their environment. The first analysis examined air traffic communications manipulated according to four conditions: traffic call-outs, instructions conflicting with the TCAS advised avoidance maneuver, the ability to over-hear relevant partyline information, and no relevant communications. The second analysis used data from an eye tracker to identify when the pilot examined the traffic situation display provided by TCAS. These patterns of information use are then compared with pilot compliance to the Resolution Advisories provided by TCAS.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012
Pages	26-30
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181312561026
State	Published - 2012
Event	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012 - Boston, MA, United States Duration: Oct 22 2012 → Oct 26 2012

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Name	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
ISSN (Print)	1071-1813

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Other	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston, MA
Period	10/22/12 → 10/26/12

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Human Factors and Ergonomics

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Pritchett, A. R., Fleming, E. S., Cleveland, W. P., Popescu, V. M., Thakkar, D. A., & Zoetrum, J. J. (2012). Pilot's information use during TCAS events, and relationship to compliance to TCAS resolution advisories. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012 (pp. 26-30). (Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society). https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181312561026

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Pritchett, AR, Fleming, ES, Cleveland, WP, Popescu, VM, Thakkar, DA & Zoetrum, JJ 2012, Pilot's information use during TCAS events, and relationship to compliance to TCAS resolution advisories. in Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, pp. 26-30, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012, Boston, MA, United States, 10/22/12. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181312561026

Pilot's information use during TCAS events, and relationship to compliance to TCAS resolution advisories. / Pritchett, Amy R.; Fleming, Elizabeth S.; Cleveland, William P. et al.
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012. 2012. p. 26-30 (Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society).

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Pritchett AR, Fleming ES, Cleveland WP, Popescu VM, Thakkar DA, Zoetrum JJ. Pilot's information use during TCAS events, and relationship to compliance to TCAS resolution advisories. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012. 2012. p. 26-30. (Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society). doi: 10.1177/1071181312561026

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