Product Code:SAE ARD50079
Title:Human Factors Issues in Free Flight
Issuing Committee:G-10 Aerospace Behavioral Engineering Technology
Scope:This document focuses on human factors related to emerging FF conceptual proposals. The subcommittee intends this document to encompass the concerns of the entire aviation community (i.e., air transport, state aircraft, and general aviation, as well as the ground support infrastructure). These issues include, but are not limited to, the need for further study of such topics as: a. information needed by pilot and controller; 1. Traffic (identification, position, and intent), 2. Weather, 3, hazards, 4. Terrain, 5. En route, oceanic and terminal specific, 6. Special use airspace (SUA); b. separation assurance - responsibility for strategic and tactical measures; 1. Normal procedures, 2. Non-normal procedures, 3. Emergency procedures, 4. Shared responsibility in all modes (i.e., normal, non-normal, and emergency), 5. Final arbitration; c. impact on pilot, controller and aeronautical operational control (AOC) personnel tasks and resulting workload; d. information transfer; 1. Pilot, 2. Controller, 3. AOC; e. training 1. Personnel (pilot, controller, and AOC), 2. International harmonization; f. certification 1. Personnel (pilot, controller, and AOC), 2. Equipage (hardware and software), 3. Ground equipment (level of functionality), 4. International harmonization, 5. End-to-end certification of the separation-assurance system; and g. human-centered automation 1. Airborne, 2. Ground-based.