The Impact of Plateau Airport's Environment on Air Traffic Controller's Situation Awareness

2013 ◽  
Vol 779-780 ◽  
pp. 903-907
Author(s):  
Wei Jun Pan ◽  
Dan Wu ◽  
Na Lu
Keyword(s):  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
The Core ◽  
Air Traffic Controllers ◽  
Aviation Transportation ◽  
The Impact

The operation of plateau airport is the major problem for the development of China civil aviation transportation. Situation awareness (SA) research is of great importance to the improvement of air traffic controllers training and air traffic safety of plateau airport. First of all, the concept of SA as well as SA assessment methods was introduced in this paper. According to the summation of plateau airport situation, the impact of exposure to plateau environment on controllers SA was analyzed in details. Finally, it reveals what the trend of research on air traffic controllers SA is and what the core problems to be solved are.

scholarly journals Impact of Job Stress on Job Satisfaction among Air Traffic Controllers of Civil Aviation Authority: An Empirical Study from Pakistan

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Iqbal ◽  
Muhammad Adnan Waseem
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Stress ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Air Traffic Controllers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of job stress on job satisfaction of employees and also to find out the drivers for the job stress, which contribute to create job stress which ultimately negatively affect job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – The study is mainly based on review of the existing literature and collection of data through an adopted questionnaire survey, conducted from the selected sample of Air Traffic Controllers of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. A total of 134 questionnaires were distributed among the sample which is selected using the technique of cluster sampling. 122 respondents returned the questionnaire, which are utilized for the analysis purpose. Findings – The results of the current study indicate that there is a negative relationship between job stress and job satisfaction. Those air traffic controllers who had high level of job stress had low job satisfaction. Research limitations – This research paper is based on a specific case of Air Traffic Controllers of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. So the results are applicable specifically to Air Traffic Controllers of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority or other fields in the same industry. A quantitative methodology is used to investigate the problem. Future research can investigate the problem by using a mix of quantitative and qualitative research methodology. Practical implications – The practical implications of the paper include implementation of the results provided by researcher to decrease the employees’ level of stress and increase job satisfaction level. Originality/value – The study is conducted first time in the field specifically highlighting the stress issue. It can be a base for the future research in this area.   Keywords – Job Stress, Job Satisfaction, Air Traffic Controllers

scholarly journals Assessment of the Method of Merging Landing Aircraft Streams in the Context of Fuel Consumption in the Airspace

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12859
Author(s):  
Anna Kwasiborska ◽  
Jacek Skorupski
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Waiting Times ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
The Impact

The most important directions in the field of sustainable development of air transport concern increasing the capacity of airports and improving the global civil aviation system, improving air traffic safety, and developing procedures to optimize the operation of the aviation system. An important area is environmental protection and measures to minimize the negative impact of civil aviation activities on the environment. Air traffic and the operation of airports generate adverse environmental effects, including greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, and noise emissions. Due to the high intensity of aircraft maneuvers, the authors analyzed aircraft traffic in the area approaching the airport. It is essential to correctly line up for aircraft reporting from different entry points to the approach area to avoid waiting for landing. Misalignment of landing aircraft negatively impacts airport capacity, increases fuel consumption through more prolonged waiting times in space, and directly impacts air pollution. There are different ways to organize landing aircraft flows and other ways to merge these flows. The article aims to assess the method of combining the streams of landing aircraft and estimate the impact of such an organization on the increased fuel consumption of aircraft and thus on air pollution. The authors proposed a measure for assessing the quality of the landing queue, which was defined as the increase in flight time of aircraft in the approach area in relation to the nominal time, which was adopted as minimization. In order to obtain the results of research works, a model using a Petri net was developed, allowing for flexible mapping of concurrent processes and their effect analysis. Various methods of combining the streams of landing aircraft have been adopted: three-stage, two-stage, and single-stage. Then, simulation experiments were carried out, allowing the determination of whether the method of combining the streams of landing planes has an impact on the quality of the landing queue measured with the proposed index. The obtained results of the assessment can be used to estimate the increased fuel consumption of the aircraft.

scholarly journals The Impact of Automation on Air Traffic Controller’s Behaviors

Aerospace ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 260
Author(s):  
Yanjun Wang ◽  
Rongjin Hu ◽  
Siyuan Lin ◽  
Michael Schultz ◽  
Daniel Delahaye
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Mental Workload ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Task Load ◽  
The Gaze ◽  
Air Traffic Controllers ◽  
Automation Tools ◽  
The Impact

Air traffic controllers have to make quick decisions to keep air traffic safe. Their behaviors have a significant impact on the operation of the air traffic management (ATM) system. Automation tools have enhanced the ATM system’s capability by reducing the controller’s task-load. Much attention has been devoted to developing advanced automation in the last decade. However, less is known about the impact of automation on the behaviors of air traffic controllers. Here, we empirically tested the effects of three levels of automation—including manual, attention-guided, and automated—as well as varying traffic levels on eye movements, situation awareness and mental workload. The results showed that there are significant differences in the gaze and saccade behaviors between the attention-guided group and automated group. Traffic affected eye movements under the manual mode or under the attention-guided mode, but had no effect on eye movements under the automated mode. The results also supported the use of automation for enhancing situation awareness while reducing mental workload. Our work has potential implications for the design of automation and operation procedures.

Impact of UAS with Low Size, Weight, and Power Sensors on Air Traffic Controllers’ Performance and Acceptability Ratings

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-158
Author(s):  
Kim-Phuong L. Vu ◽  
Jonathan VanLuven ◽  
Timothy Diep ◽  
Vernol Battiste ◽  
Summer Brandt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Traffic ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ◽  
Subjective Ratings ◽  
Detection Range ◽  
Human In The Loop ◽  
Air Traffic Controllers ◽  
Low Altitude ◽  
Sector Performance ◽  
The Impact

A human-in-the-loop simulation was conducted to evaluate the impact of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) with low size, weight, and power (SWaP) sensors operating in a busy, low-altitude sector. Use of low SWaP sensors allow for UAS to perform detect-and-avoid (DAA) maneuvers against non-transponding traffic in the sector. Depending upon the detection range of the low SWaP sensor, the UAS pilot may or may not have time to coordinate with air traffic controllers (ATCos) prior to performing the DAA maneuver. ATCo’s sector performance and subjective ratings of acceptability were obtained in four conditions that varied in UAS-ATCo coordination (all or none) prior to the DAA maneuver and workload (higher or lower). For performance, ATCos committed more losses of separation in high than low workload conditions. They also had to make more flight plan changes to manage the UAS when the UAS pilot did not coordinate DAA maneuvers compared to when they did coordinate the maneuvers prior to execution. Although the ATCos found the DAA procedures used by the UAS in the study to be acceptable, most preferred the UAS pilot to coordinate their DAA maneuvers with ATCos prior to executing them.

Zagreb and Tenerife

2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 22.1-22.14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Cookson
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Air Traffic Controllers ◽  
Swiss Cheese Model ◽  
Accident Causation ◽  
Airline Accidents ◽  
Cheese Model

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is currently implementing a program to improve the language proficiency of pilots and air traffic controllers worldwide. In justifying the program, ICAO has cited a number of airline accidents that were at least partly caused by language factors. Two accidents cited by ICAO are analysed in this paper: the mid-air collision above Zagreb in 1976, and the runway collision at Tenerife in 1977. The paper examines the linguistic factors involved in each accident, such as code switching and L1 interference, and uses the ‘Swiss cheese’ model of accident causation developed by Reason (1990) and adapted by Wiegmann and Shappell (2003) to put these factors into a broader aviation context. It is shown that, while linguistic factors were in each case significant, both accidents occurred as the result of multiple causal factors, many of which were non-linguistic. Furthermore, stress and fatigue played a decisive role in exacerbating the linguistic factors in each accident. Finally, the paper suggests lessons that may be drawn from the analysis for the training of pilots and air traffic controllers, both nativespeaker and non native-speaker.

scholarly journals A multimodal and signals fusion approach for assessing the impact of stressful events on Air Traffic Controllers

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianluca Borghini ◽  
Gianluca Di Flumeri ◽  
Pietro Aricò ◽  
Nicolina Sciaraffa ◽  
Stefano Bonelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Traffic ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Air Traffic Controllers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Fusion Approach

Situation Awareness as a Predictor of Performance for En Route Air Traffic Controllers

1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis T. Durso ◽  
Carla A. Hackworth ◽  
Todd R. Truitt ◽  
Jerry Crutchfield ◽  
Danko Nikolic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Air Traffic Controllers

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.

scholarly journals Improving the training of air traffic controllers: Opinions from instructors in Singapore

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Ng ◽  
Isaac Levi Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Just Culture ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Air Traffic Controllers ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Training Team

Air traffic controllers play a vital function with regard to ensuring the safety and efficiency of international civil aviation. Despite this, there is a lack of research addressing how air traffic controllers are trained. This paper collects opinions about the air traffic control (ATC) training programme in Singapore from a group of 30 instructors who were working within the aerodrome training team. Convenience sampling was used to recruit the participants and thematic analysis was used to identify key opinions. Significant advantages and disadvantages of the current training programme were identified, such as pre-training and simulator constraints. In addition to findings relating to the learning of required skill sets, interviews also highlighted the need for a just culture in the workplace and human factors training.

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