Identifying Ability Requirements for Operators of Future Automated Air TrafficControl Systems

摘要

This study was conducted to anticipate the impact on air traffic controllerability requirements that may result from implementation of a future stage of air traffic control automation. If important changes occur in ability requirements, it will be necessary to develop or modify selection procedures for future air traffic controllers. Accurate identification of ability requirements depends on knowledge of the job tasks to be performed, but only general information is currently available about the job tasks associated with later stages of air traffic control automation. In this study, nine air traffic controllers who had analyzed operational requirements for a future stage of automation (a) described how controllers would perform four job tasks using the automation, (b) assessed the degree to which nine specific abilities were likely to be required to perform the automated tasks, and (c) assessed whether the amount of each ability required to perform the automated tasks would be different than the amount of the ability required to perform the equivalent tasks in the current system.