Supplementary Computer Generated Cueing to Enhance Air Traffic Controller Efficiency

Abstract

Air traffic controllers are often required to simultaneously communicate with several aircraft over multiple radio frequencies. As a result, during peak loading, it is common for the controller to receive multiple concurrent communications, each from a different aircraft, making it difficult to discern audio messages received from multiple pilots simultaneously. To address this problem, a modified air traffic control (ATC) interface was prototyped with the goal of increasing controller-to-pilot communication efficiency. This prototype included supplementary text cueing which was provided by a hypothetical automated text to speech system in an on-screen text box for controller reference in the event of an obscured or indiscernible radio call. The prototype was then evaluated by a group of 35 participants, all with ATC experience including 12 students and 23 instructors at the Air Force controllers' school house Keesler AFB, MS. The text cueing improved controllers' comprehension of pilots' transmissions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA575840

Entities

People

  • Laurienne C. Santana

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Data Analysis
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Situational Awareness
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • Three Dimensional
  • User Interface Engineering

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.