A controller display technique for a terminal air traffic control system.

"Contract no. FAA/BRD-15, Task order no. 14. Prepared for Federal Aviation Agency, Bureau of Research and Development, Systems Analysis Division."

FAA air traffic control computer modernization [microform] : hearings before the Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session, June 16, 17, and 18, 1981.

"No. 12."

Improving the air traffic control system : an assessment of the National Airspace System Plan.

Item 1005-C

Direct support and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools lists (including depot maintenance repair parts and special tools) for air traffic control facility AN/TSQ-97 (NSN 5895-00-137-8548).

"23 November 1983."

Organizational maintenance manual : air traffic control central AN/TSW-7A (NSN 5820-01-018-1246).

"June 1979."

Direct support and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools list ... for air traffic control central AN/TSW-7A (NSN 5820-01-018-1246).

"18 January 1983."

Organizational maintenance repair parts and special tools lists for air traffic control facility AN/TSQ-97 (NSN 5895-00-137-8548).

"23 November 1983."

Hand receipt covering contents of components of end item (COEI), basic issue items (BII), and additional authorization list (AAL) : air traffic control central AN/TSW-7A (NSN 5895-01-018-1246).

"27 December 1985."

Serious problems continue to trouble the air traffic control workforce /

"For release ... May 25, 1989."

An analysis of relational complexity in an air traffic control conflict detection task

Theoretical analyses of air traffic complexity were carried out using the Method for the Analysis of Relational Complexity. Twenty-two air traffic controllers examined static air traffic displays and were required to detect and resolve conflicts. Objective measures of performance included conflict detection time and accuracy. Subjective perceptions of mental workload were assessed by a complexity-sorting task and subjective ratings of the difficulty of different aspects of the task. A metric quantifying the complexity of pair-wise relations among aircraft was able to account for a substantial portion of the variance in the perceived complexity and difficulty of conflict detection problems, as well as reaction time. Other variables that influenced performance included the mean minimum separation between aircraft pairs and the amount of time that aircraft spent in conflict.

Managing the airspace: A task analysis of Australian air traffic control

The aim of this study was to examine the way Australian air traffic controllers manage their airspace. Fourteen controllers ranging from 7 to 30 years experience were sampled from the Brisbane air traffic control centre. All had previously been endorsed for en route radar sectors. Five static pictures varying in workload level (low, medium and high) were presented to participants. Controllers were asked to work through the scenarios and describe aloud how they would resolve any potential conflicts between the aircraft. Following this controllers were asked a set of probe questions based on the critical decision method, to extract further information about the way they manage their airspace. A content analysis was used to assess patterns in the way controllers scan, strategies used in conflict detection and conflict resolution and the effect of workload on strategy choice. Findings revealed that controllers use specific strategies (such as working in a left to right scan or prioritising levels) when managing their airspace. Further analyses are still planned however a model based on the processes controllers used to resolve conflicts has been developed and will be presented as a summary of the results.

Development and validation of the Multiple Remote Tower (MRT) for remote air traffic control

The symbol in air traffic control (ATC), essentially unchanged since the beginning of commercial air traffic early last century, is the characteristic control tower with its large, tilted windows, situated at an exposed location, and rising high above the airport. “Remote Tower” is changing the provision of Air Traffic Services (ATS) in a way that it is more service tailored, dynamically located and available when and where needed, enabled by digital solutions replacing the physical presence of controllers and control towers at aerodromes with a remotely provided Air Traffic Service for Multiple Aerodromes. The paper examines this phenomenon that will mark an epochal change, analysing the experiments and validations carried out in the last years.