The Influence of Aircraft Characteristics on A.T.C. Problems

1961 ◽  
Vol 65 (606) ◽  
pp. 418-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. N. Tomlinson
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Supersonic Jet ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
The Other ◽  
Control Problems ◽  
Operating Characteristics ◽  
Transport Aircraft

To provide a basis for discussion of air traffic control problems some of the operating characteristics of long haul subsonic and supersonic jet transport aircraft are examined. Two trans-Atlantic aircraft are compared, one designed to cruise at 500 knots (Mach 0·85) and the other at 1,250 knots (Mach 2·2).

An Appraisal of Real-Time Simulation in Air Traffic Control

1978 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. David Hopkin
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Control Problems ◽  
Simulation Studies ◽  
Real Time Simulation ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Time Simulation ◽  
Objective Evidence

Numerous real-time air traffic control simulation studies have been conducted in the United Kingdom; this paper summarises what has been learned from them. Realistic assessments of the validity of real-time simulation as a method of solving air traffic control problems are now possible in the light of experience, and its future use can be planned in accordance with its known limitations. Real-time simulation cannot answer every kind of question with equal validity, and its relevance for assessing capacity, workload or stress is dubious. Measures in simulation may be chosen primarily for their practical convenience and because they can provide answers expressed in system concepts, but the technique can be used to show discrepancies between subjective and objective evidence, and to suggest why they have arisen. Real-time simulation is both indispensable and over-used in air traffic control.

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