Analysis of Airline Pilots Subjective Feedback to Human Autonomy Teaming in a Reduced Crew Environment

摘要

Building upon several software tools developed in the last decade for ground-based flight-following operations, a new use for the software is being applied to the cockpit environment of NextGen operations. Supporting automation of several tasks and streamlining information flow to the pilot via a tablet interface, software and datalink capabilities (Controller-pilot data link communications, CPDLC) were evaluated in a multi-location study. This paper provides an overview of the project and analyzes the subjective feedback from line pilots participants who evaluated this new capability. Workload and situation awareness metrics were compared across the conditions and scenarios presented to the pilots in this study. Overall, the pilot participants were subjectively in favor of the Human Autonomy Teaming (HAT) software tool suite and procedures they experienced and utilized in this study of a NextGen environment.