Effectiveness of Human Autonomy Teaming in Cockpit Applications

Single Pilot Operations in Domestic Commercial Aviation

“…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.…”

“…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). It should be noted that the HAT functions of the ACFP were in prototype form; therefore, more developed versions of the tool are likely to yield additional benefits.…”

“…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.…”