27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-11.10.5

HUMAN IN THE LOOP SIMULATION MEASURES OF PILOT RESPONSE DELAY IN A SELF-SEPARATION CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS

M. C. Consiglio, S. R. Wilson, J. Sturdy*, J. L. Murdoch, D. J. Wing
NASA Langley, USA; *Raytheon Mission Operations & Solutions, USA

Keywords: pilot response delay, air traffic management, separation assurance, self separation

A human-in-the-loop simulation experiment conducted by NASA assesses pilot performance and acceptance of procedures using airborne separation assistance tools in 4D trajectory-based operations. The paper reports on response times of pilots under high traffic density conditions and pilot perception of situation awareness, traffic complexity and trust in automation.

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