Psychological Consequences and Pilot "Situational Awareness" Survey
Abstract
The technological design and developments already applied to a number of aircraft, which represent the basis of tomorrow's aircraft, tend to change the tasks performed by pilots. Since the 80's, automation and computerization have invaded cockpits, leading to a change in the role of pilots. Whereas pilots used to need competencies directed towards handling and navigating the aircraft, what is now increasingly required of them is the ability to manage complex systems. With the arrival of new concepts like supermaneuverability and superagility, it seems extremely important to try and understand the psychological consequences these concepts will have on pilots. Enabling new types of operation, supermaneuverability and superagility alter existing tasks and will probably create new ones, which will have their own psychological constraints. What makes these constraints different from those existing on present aircraft, and what consequences could they have on pilot performance? These two questions can be addressed by two preliminary comments:
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADP010449
Entities
People
- J. Y. Grau