Analysis and Modeling of Flight Crew Performance in Automated Air Traffic Management Systems

Abstract NASA has recently initiated a research program to enhance commercial aviation throughput in crowded terminal areas. The Terminal Area Productivity (TAP) initiative seeks to focus technologies in automated air traffic management and to improve flight management systems. The interaction between air traffic control (ATC) automation, flight deck automation and the human operators who mediate them will be reported here. We’ve performed empirical studies in full-mission simulation to address procedural coordination between flight crews and air traffic controllers. In parallel, we have addressed the need for rapidly adaptable analytic techniques by developing a human performance model of flight crew.