Integrating Uncertified Information from the Electronic Flight Bag into the Aircraft Panel: Impacts on Pilot Response

Carroll, Meredith; Rebensky, Summer; Wilt, Donna; Pittorie, Warren; Hunt, Leonia; Chaparro, Maria; Sanchez, Paige L.

doi:10.1080/10447318.2020.1854001

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“…The present study has several limitations that could be addressed by future work. First, the way in which manned and unmanned aircraft information is displayed, such as the way the information is laid out, differences in alert messages, and the degree of information integration, may have an impact on pilot performance [ 48 , 66 , 67 , 68 ], which was not examined in this study, but deserves further exploration. Second, we used pilot performance (completion time and error rate) and NASA-TLX measurements to comprehensively evaluate the use of the touchscreen.…”

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Research on the Applicability of Touchscreens in Manned/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Cooperative Missions

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Zhang

2022

Sensors

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The suitability of touchscreens for human–computer interaction in manned/unmanned aerial vehicle cooperative missions remains uncertain, especially in situations that are time-sensitive with variations in difficulty levels. The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of touchscreen applications in manned/unmanned aerial vehicle cooperative missions and the magnitude of the effects of time pressure and task difficulty. In contrast to previous studies, a combination of performance and perceptual load measures was used to divide errors into disposition errors, undetected errors, and miscalculation errors to explore specific error mechanisms, set up typical manned/unmanned aerial vehicle cooperative human–computer interaction tasks, and set up antecedent features for potential factors. Thirty subjects participated in an experiment that required the use of touchscreens or keyboards to perform a human–computer interaction task in a simulated manned/unmanned aerial vehicle cooperative mission. Experiments were set at three task difficulties: low, medium, and high, and were matched to a set time pressure or no time pressure for two seconds for low difficulty, three seconds for medium difficulty, and four seconds for high difficulty. The results showed that the touchscreens improved the participants’ response speed at a time pressure of 2 s or less compared with the use of a general input device; however, the task error rate also increased significantly. The higher the task difficulty was, the worse the performance was and the greater the perceived workload of the participants. The application of touchscreens in dynamic environments subjected the participants to greater physical demands. The performance of participants using a keyboard was no better than that when touchscreens were used during the experiment. Moreover, touchscreens did not significantly improve participant performance. The results support the possibility of using touchscreens in manned/unmanned aerial vehicle cooperative missions.

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Research on the Applicability of Touchscreens in Manned/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Cooperative Missions

Xue

Zhang

2022

Sensors

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“…There is also empirical evidence to inform the development of a model of pilot decision making with conflicting information. Carroll et al [15] surveyed 108 pilots across different sectors of aviation, commercial airlines, corporate and general aviation, to determine the prevalence and the type of information conflicts that pilots have experienced first-hand. It was found that a majority of participants experienced some sort of information conflict on the flight deck related to weather, traffic or navigation information.…”

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Development of a theoretical model of pilot decision making with conflicting information

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The advancement of technology on the modern commercial flight deck has allowed flight crew members to utilise multiple sources of information to maintain the safety of their flight. Having multiple sources of flight deck information, capable of displaying the same type of information, can lead to a situation in which a pilot encounters conflicting information. Understanding how a pilot makes a decision when faced with an information conflict on the flight deck is important to ensure appropriate design of flight-deck information systems and effective pilot training. This effort utilised data collected from 25 airline pilots who experienced information conflicts on a simulated B-737 flight deck, in conjunction with a theoretical review of how information conflicts impact decision making, to develop a theoretical model of pilot decision-making in the presence of an information conflict. This manuscript describes the model, along with the theory-driven and data-driven approaches utilised to develop the model.

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“…Finally, the small sample and categorical nature of the data precluded the use of inferential statistics in some cases. Follow-on research has been conducted to address these limitations in a simulation study in which participants were presented with a series of information conflict scenarios and their response was evaluated (see Carroll et al, 2021).…”

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“…Follow-on research has been conducted to address these limitations in a simulation study in which participants were presented with a series of information conflict scenarios and their response was evaluated (see Carroll et al, 2021).…”

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An Examination of Pilot-Reported Trust and Response to Information Conflicts Experienced on the Flight Deck

Carroll

Sanchez

Wilt

2021

Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors

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Abstract. The purpose of this study was to examine how pilots respond to conflicting information on the flight deck. In this study, 108 airline, corporate, and general aviation pilots completed an online questionnaire reporting weather, traffic, and navigation information conflicts experienced on the flight deck, including which information sources they trusted and acted on. Results indicated that weather information conflicts are most commonly experienced, and typically between a certified source in the panel and an uncertified electronic flight bag application. Most participants (a) trusted certified systems due to their accuracy, reliability, recency, and knowledge about the source, and (2) acted on the certified system due to trust, being trained and required to use it, and its indicating a more hazardous situation.

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Integrating Uncertified Information from the Electronic Flight Bag into the Aircraft Panel: Impacts on Pilot Response

Cited by 9 publications

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Research on the Applicability of Touchscreens in Manned/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Cooperative Missions

Research on the Applicability of Touchscreens in Manned/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Cooperative Missions

Development of a theoretical model of pilot decision making with conflicting information

An Examination of Pilot-Reported Trust and Response to Information Conflicts Experienced on the Flight Deck

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