Situation Awareness Information Requirements Analysis for En Route Air Traffic Control

1994 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mica R. Endsley ◽  
Mark D. Rodgers
Keyword(s):  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
System Development ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Specific Situation ◽  
Future System ◽  
Information Requirements Analysis ◽  
And Performance

Situation awareness is a fundamental requirement for effective air traffic control forming the basis for controller decision making and performance. To develop a better understanding of the role of situation awareness in air traffic control, an analysis was performed to determine the specific situation awareness requirements for air traffic control. This was conducted as a goal-direct task analysis in which the major goals, subgoals, decisions and associated situation awareness requirements for En Route Air Traffic Control (ATC) were delineated based on elicitation from eight experienced Air Traffic Control Specialists. This effort was supported by available task analyses and video-tapes of simulated air traffic control tasks. A determination of the major situation awareness requirements for En Route ATC was developed from this analysis, providing a foundation for future system development which seeks to enhance controller situation awareness and provides a basis for the development of situation awareness measures for air traffic control.

Case Study: Developing an Operations Concept for Future Air Traffic Control

1986 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 585-589
Author(s):  
Elizabeth D. Murphy ◽  
William D. Coleman ◽  
Lisa J. Stewart ◽  
Sylvia B. Sheppard
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Interaction Design ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
System Development ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Early Application ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Human Decision ◽  
Continuous User

A task identification, sequencing, and analysis process defined the operational requirements of automated capabilities proposed to support human decision making in future air traffic control. Active and continuous user group involvement was a key feature of this process. Results indicate that information necessary for effective computer-human interaction design can be generated in the early phases of system development. Early application of structured engineering techniques and human factors methods leads to a better understanding of the proposed capabilities and to better communication between the users and designers of a system.

scholarly journals Predicting Attrition and Performance in Navy and Marine Corps Air Traffic Control School

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 863-867
Author(s):  
Noelle L. Brown ◽  
Cyrus K. Foroughi ◽  
Joseph T. Coyne ◽  
Ciara Sibley ◽  
Tatana Olson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Control School ◽  
Attrition Rates ◽  
Training Performance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Armed Services

Attrition rates due to poor academic performance are particularly high for the Navy’s air traffic control training program. The school relies on scores from the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) for its selection criteria which do not seem to be sufficient by themselves in predicting who will succeed in training. We hypothesized that including cognitive assessments designed to assess skills specific to air traffic control would improve the ability to predict training performance. The model results showed that cognitive abilities were related to training performance beyond ASVAB scores, however, they were more successful at classifying academic success ( M = .92) than academic attrition ( M = .23). Importantly, the results highlight the importance of additional screening materials that can be used to help reduce attrition and the cost of training

Reducing Situation Awareness Errors in Air Traffic Control

1997 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 230-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra G. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Decision Process ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Irrelevant Information ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
High Fidelity ◽  
Expected Information ◽  
The Impact

Since situation awareness (SA) is vital to the decision process, SA errors can degrade decision making. Many SA errors occur when all the relevant information has been correctly perceived. In these cases, the information's significance is not comprehended, and a representational error occurs. Schema influence this comprehension aspect of SA. This study investigates the impact of information with certain schema related characteristics on SA: (1) schema bizarre information will impact SA more than schema irrelevant information, and (2) schema unexpected information will impact SA more than the absence of schema expected information. Using a high fidelity air traffic control simulation, misinformation was provided to the controller and schema related cues were furnished to indicate the error. The results indicated that (1) schema bizarre cues impacted SA more than schema irrelevant cues and (2) no difference existed between the impact of the absence of schema expected cues and schema unexpected cues. Additionally the results emphasize the difficulty incurred when trying to prevent SA errors.

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