34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

10 - Safety and Security

HANDLING QUALITIES RATING SCALE: THE IMPACT OF THE PILOT SUBJECTIVITY IN WORKLOAD EVALUATION

M.D. Turazza¹, J.P.C.A Macedo ¹, J.H. Bidinotto¹; ¹EESC/USP, Brazil

This work evaluates the impact of the pilot subjectivity in the workload. Emergency maneuvers were performed by test pilots, the tasks were classified using the Cooper-Harper Scale. Results showed a strong variation in ratings for different pilots performing the same tasks, highlighting the importance of the development of a tool to become this evaluation without the subjectivity caused by the pilots’ opinion.


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