Airborne Data Link Operational Evaluation Test Plan

Abstract

This plan describes an end-to-end study of operational concepts and procedures associated with the introduction of electronic data communications between flight crews and air traffic controllers. Full performance controllers from terminal facilities will interact with type-related line pilots in four cockpit simulators networked into the Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center's Air Traffic Control Laboratory. Measures of human performance will gain insight into flight crew alerting, display, placement, and the utility of voice annunciation of Data Link Messages. Direct measures of workload, communications efficiency, Data Link attention time (measured by head position), and aircraft state will be gathered and translated into recommendations for the cockpit display configuration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA274096

Entities

People

  • Albert J. Rehmann
  • R. H. Mogford

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Aircrafts
  • Computers
  • Data Links
  • Data Processing
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Digital Communications
  • Experimental Design
  • Flight Crews
  • Flight Simulators
  • Flight Training
  • Frequency
  • Pilots
  • Processing Equipment
  • Radio Communications
  • Simulators

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems