DEFINITION:

Measuring and modelling the effectiveness of people in the aviation system, both on the ground and in the air. Includes the ATM and aircrew (pilot, navigator, flight engineer) requirements for the role of the human in the systems (i.e. display, ergonomics) including airborne, cockpit and ground control systems.

(Source: ACARE Domain 903)

SUBDOMAINS:

  1. Crew workload optimisation, error-tolerant systems
  2. Measurement and modelling of controller and pilot performance in the ATM system
  3. Measurement and modelling of aircrew performance
  4. Evaluation of human factors procedures
  5. Team working
  6. Self separation
  7. The human as a supervisor (both the pilot and/or the controller)
  8. Tasks sharing, task delegation
  9. Pilot less a/c
  10. Research and techniques to sense and monitor human performance, including physiological sensing and monitoring
  11. Studies of interventions (excluding training) that enhance individual physical and mental performance