PRELIMINARY GUIDELINES ON FLIGHT DECK PROCEDURES FOR VERY CLOSELY SPACED PARALLEL APPROACHES

The paper describes a concept and procedures to allow simultaneous aircraft operations during instrument meteorological conditions on parallel runways that are 750 ft apart, which will be enabled with advanced navigation, guidance, surveillance and new cockpit technologies. A real-time, human-in-the-loop simulation study investigated the information requirements from a human factors perspective and assessed pilot procedures. The participants included three retired pilots from commercial airlines, who provided feedback on information requirements, procedures for the operations, and feedback on the display features. The pilots found all the features provided by the displays moderately to highly useful and generally reported situation awareness as high for all conditions.