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

Cover, Mathew; Reichlen, Chris; Matessa, Michael; Schnell, Thomas

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92046-7_31

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“…Pilots do not want to become supervisors of cockpit automation which would not be adequate task allocation either (Schutte, 2015). If implemented correctly, for example, by taking research on human-autonomy teaming for SPO into account (e.g., Shively, Brandt et al, 2016;Shively, Lachter et al, 2018;Shively, Brandt et al, 2016, Cover et al, 2018, automating secondary tasks could allow the pilots more time and less distractions to focus on the essential information.…”

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Absence of Pilot Monitoring Affects Scanning Behavior of Pilot Flying: Implications for the Design of Single-Pilot Cockpits

2020

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Objective This study examines whether the pilot flying’s (PF) scanning behavior is affected by the absence of the pilot monitoring (PM) and aims at deriving implications for the design of single-pilot cockpits for commercial aviation. Background Due to technological progress, a crew reduction from two-crew to single-pilot operations (SPO) might be feasible. This requires a redesign of the cockpit to support the pilot adequately, especially during high workload phases such as approach and landing. In these phases, the continuous scanning of flight parameters is of particular importance. Method Experienced pilots flew various approach and landing scenarios with or without the support of the PM in a fixed-base Airbus A320 simulator. A within-subject design was used and eye-tracking data were collected to analyze scanning behavior. Results The results confirm that the absence of the PM affects the PF’s scanning behavior. Participants spent significantly more time scanning secondary instruments at the expense of primary instruments when flying alone. Moreover, the frequency of transitions between the cockpit instruments and the external view increased while mean dwell durations on the external view decreased. Conclusion The findings suggest that the PM supports the PF to achieve efficient scanning behavior. Information should be presented differently in commercial SPO to compensate for the PM’s absence and to avoid visual overload. Application This research will help inform the design of commercial SPO flight decks providing adequate support for the pilot particularly in terms of efficient scanning behavior.

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Absence of Pilot Monitoring Affects Scanning Behavior of Pilot Flying: Implications for the Design of Single-Pilot Cockpits

2020

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“…The HAT concept was evaluated with a tablet-based rerouting and divert system (the Autonomous Constrained Flight Planner; ACFP) that was installed in the cockpit of a high-fidelity simulator (see Cover, Reichlen, Matessa, & Schnell, 2018; Matessa et al, 2018; Strybel et al, 2018). In the study, air transport pilots flew simulated scenarios in SPO where they encountered off-nominal situations (e.g., weather, medical emergency), requiring them to make divert decisions.…”

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“…Although performance differed based on the difficulty of the scenarios, all pilots were able to perform the diversion tasks successfully with both types of automation. Pilots indicated that they preferred the enhanced version of the ACFP and indicated that the HAT condition improved efficiency, information integration, keeping up with important tasks, and workload (Cover et al, 2018). However, use of the enhanced tools did not affect the pilots’ decision-making time or change their levels of situation awareness (Strybel et al, 2018).…”

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“…A common theme with the new tools was that pilots were positive about their potential. However, the novelty of the tools and prototype nature of their implementation restricted their effectiveness (Cover et al, 2018; Strybel et al, 2018). Thus, future research needs to focus on training operators on the use of the tool before they can be properly evaluated in an operational environment.…”

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Single Pilot Operations in Domestic Commercial Aviation

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Battiste

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Eye-Tracking Metrics as an Indicator of Workload in Commercial Single-Pilot Operations

Faulhaber

Friedrich

2019

Communications in Computer and Information Science

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

Cited by 10 publications

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Absence of Pilot Monitoring Affects Scanning Behavior of Pilot Flying: Implications for the Design of Single-Pilot Cockpits

Absence of Pilot Monitoring Affects Scanning Behavior of Pilot Flying: Implications for the Design of Single-Pilot Cockpits

Single Pilot Operations in Domestic Commercial Aviation

Eye-Tracking Metrics as an Indicator of Workload in Commercial Single-Pilot Operations

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