Air Carrier Operations and Collaborative Decision-Making Study,

Abstract

Traffic Flow Management (TFM) is the process by which the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) balances capacity and demand for National Airspace System (NAS) resources. In the current system, air carriers have little input into the FAA TFM decision-making process, while the FAA must make decisions with little information regarding air carrier rationale. Observations of air carrier information flows and decision-making structure conducted for this study led to the conclusion that improving communication, collaboration, and coordination between the FAA and air carriers regarding TFM can improve NAS resource utilization, and can better satisfy diverse FAA and air carrier objectives. This report describes generic air carrier operational decision making; the effect on air carriers of FAA TFM strategies; and some of the issues associated with improving FAA/air carrier communication, collaboration, and coordination in the TFM decision-making process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA324615

Entities

People

  • Andrew R. Lacher
  • Gary L. Klein

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airport Radar Systems
  • Airports
  • Commerce
  • Control Systems
  • Customer Services
  • Flight Crews
  • Military Aircraft
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space