Advancing Free Flight Through Human Factors: Workshop Report.

摘要

This report describes the results of the Advancing Free Flight Through Human Factors technical workshop held on June 20 and 21, 1995. The purpose of this technical workshop was to begin the process of identifying and solving human factors issues related to a new aviation concept called 'free flight.' The FAA sponsored an RTCA select committee to define the concept of free flight and to identify the issues and activities that must be undertaken to advance the concept. The select committee prescribed free flight as a concept encompassing a real time air traffic management triad: People, Procedures, and Technologies. The long range changes envisioned by the RTCA select committee to move the system toward free flight will involve the human as the most critical element in the use of new technologies, equipment, and procedures. There were four human factors related issues that were among the key issues identified in this select committee. These are: what modeling and analysis effort is necessary to ensure safety; how will the FAA and users coordinate development and accommodate evolving technologies and new requirements; what are the human factors considerations; and can the separation assurance function shift between the pilot (and) controller.