Situation Awareness Information Requirements for En Route Air Traffic Control.

Abstract

Situation awareness is presented as 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 information requirements for air traffic control. This was conducted as a goal-directed task analysis in which the major goals, subgoals, decisions and associated situation awareness information requirements for En Route Air Traffic Control (ATC) were delineated based on elicitation from eight experienced Air Traffic Control Specialists (ATCSs). This effort was supported by available task analyses and video-tapes of simulated ATC tasks. A determination of the major situation awareness information 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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA289649

Entities

People

  • Mark D. Rodgers
  • Mica R. Endsley

Organizations

  • Texas Tech University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Aircraft Landings
  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Aviation Medicine
  • Cognition
  • Environment
  • Frequency
  • Hypervelocity Flow
  • Malfunctions
  • Measurement
  • Military Operations
  • Psychology
  • Situational Awareness
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Workload

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.