Pilot Disorientation as the Most Frequent Cause of Fatal, Weather-Related Accidents in UK Civil and General Aviation

1992 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-240
Author(s):  
William S. Pike
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
General Aviation ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Aviation Accidents ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Made In

Over 20 years ago, collision with high ground was identified as being the single most significant cause of fatalities among air travellers worldwide (Smith, 1968), and some human factors responsible were highlighted. The three factors most commonly found to be present during major civil aviation accidents were: (i) pilot's visual flight in instrument meterological conditions (IMC); (ii) navigational error by the crew and'; (iii) pilot's failure to react correctly to new circumstances resulting from air traffic control (ATC) instructions or advice – sometimes made in a language foreign to that of the aircrew. The latter factor will be tested here to see if it still applies to recent cases in the UK.

The Economics of Air Traffic Control

1980 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
Angus Hislop
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Private Industry ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Uk

This paper is based mainly on a study carried out in 1976/7 for the UK Department of Industry into the long-term development of air traffic control systems in Europe by a team drawn from the Civil Aviation Authority, the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment and private industry, in which Coopers and Lybrand provided the economic expertise.Until the early 1970s, air traffic control was almost completely neglected by air transport economists. Economists contributed to the planning of airports and airline operations but not to the third facet of the air transport system. However, in 1970–1, in conjunction with a programme of expansion and improvement of the country's airports and airways, the US Department of Transportation launched a major study of the airport and airways system. This was designed to establish an equitable charging policy between the different categories of user but in the event its recommendations in this area have only recently begun to be followed.

The Effect of Air Traffic Control Policy on the Growth of Aviation

1968 ◽  
Vol 72 (691) ◽  
pp. 647-654
Author(s):  
H. C. N. Goodhart
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
The State ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
The Usa

Much of what I am going to say is opinion and many will find it controversial. It is therefore essential to start off from a firm and incontrovertible basis of fact. By this means it should be possible to narrow down the controversy considerably. Table I represents the state of aviation in this country in comparison with the USA. These facts are confined to civil aviation since it is the growth of civil aviation that I am talking about.

Human Factors Applications in Airport Air Traffic Control

1976 ◽  
Vol 20 (17) ◽  
pp. 400-402
Author(s):  
R.B. Stammers
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Task Demands ◽  
Computer Assistance

Task demands in airport air traffic control are briefly examined in the context of new systems design. As well traditional human factors approaches, the optimal use of computer assistance is considered. Emphasis is placed on the role of the computer in providing both feedback and feedforward information for controllers.

scholarly journals Human Factors and Neurophysiological Metrics in Air Traffic Control: A Critical Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 250-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pietro Arico ◽  
Gianluca Borghini ◽  
Gianluca Di Flumeri ◽  
Stefano Bonelli ◽  
Alessia Golfetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic

Operational Research into Air Traffic Control

1949 ◽  
Vol 53 (466) ◽  
pp. 965-978 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Operational Research ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Traffic Pattern ◽  
Precise Knowledge ◽  
Effective System ◽  
Technical Interest

With the return of British civil aviation to normal operating conditions after the war it was found that several problems which had previously given little cause for concern had become acute. More especially, the increase in the volume of traffic, particularly under instrument flying conditions, together with certain indirect consequences of the greater sizes and weights of aircraft, had brought about greatly increased congestion around major airports, and there was, therefore, an urgent requirement for an effective system of close air traffic control to ensure the safety and rapid movement of the traffic.The Ministry of Civil Aviation immediately gave much attention to this problem of air traffic control, but at once found itself in serious difficulties on account of lack of sufficiently precise knowledge of the traffic and the traffic pattern. The then Controller of Technical and. Operational Services, Sir Conrad Collier, realised that the obtaining of the necessary data concerning air traffic control and other matters of technical interest was essentially a matter of operational research, and in 1947 a small operational research section was established which began work in the autumn of that year.

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