As part of an ongoing research effort into functional allocation in a NextGen environment, a controller-in-the-loop study on ground-based automated separation assurance was conducted at NASA Ames' Airspace Operations Laboratory in February 2010. Participants included six FAA front line managers, who are currently certified professional controllers and four recently retired controllers. Traffic scenarios were 15 and 30 minutes long where controllers interacted with advanced technologies for ground-based separation assurance, weather avoidance, and arrival metering. The automation managed the separation by resolving conflicts automatically and involved controllers only by exception, e.g., when the automated resolution would have been outside preset limits. Results from data analyses show that workload was low despite high levels of traffic, Operational Errors did occur but were closely tied to local complexity, and safety acceptability ratings varied with traffic levels. Positive feedback was elicited for the overall concept with discussion on the proper allocation of functions and trust in automation.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Functional Allocation for Ground-Based Automated Separation Assurance in NextGen


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    HCI-AERO 2010 ; 2010 ; Cape Canaveral, FL, United States


    Publication date :

    2010-11-03


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English