Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Vertical Situation Display
Current advanced commercial transport aircraft, such as the Boeing B777/B747-400, the Airbus A320/A340 and the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, rely on AutoFlight Systems (AFS) for flight management, navigation and inner loop control. These systems have evolved from straightforward autopilots into multip...
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International Center for Air Transportation
2007
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| author | Vakil, Sanjay S. Midkiff, Alan H. Hansman, R. John |
| author_facet | Vakil, Sanjay S. Midkiff, Alan H. Hansman, R. John |
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| description | Current advanced commercial transport aircraft, such as the Boeing B777/B747-400, the
Airbus A320/A340 and the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, rely on AutoFlight Systems (AFS) for
flight management, navigation and inner loop control. These systems have evolved from
straightforward autopilots into multiple computers capable of sophisticated and interrelated
tasks. These tasks span the range from high level flight management to low level inner loop
control. In addition, these systems provide envelope protection to prevent pilots from committing
mistakes such as stalling the aircraft or lowering flaps at high speeds.
Unfortunately, as these systems have become more complex and interconnected, a new class
of problems has developed associated with pilots’ interaction with the automation. Many
incidents have been reported where there exists some confusion between the pilots’ expectations
of the AFS and what the system is actually doing (Corwin, 1995). This confusion has been
termed a Mode Awareness Problem (MAP).
After a description of the AFS, a formal definition of mode awareness problems is presented
in Section 1.3 followed by representative incidents in which mode awareness problems are
suspected as being a contributory factor. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/359142019-04-12T08:35:51Z Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Vertical Situation Display Vakil, Sanjay S. Midkiff, Alan H. Hansman, R. John transport aircraft flight management navigation inner loop control air transportation Current advanced commercial transport aircraft, such as the Boeing B777/B747-400, the Airbus A320/A340 and the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, rely on AutoFlight Systems (AFS) for flight management, navigation and inner loop control. These systems have evolved from straightforward autopilots into multiple computers capable of sophisticated and interrelated tasks. These tasks span the range from high level flight management to low level inner loop control. In addition, these systems provide envelope protection to prevent pilots from committing mistakes such as stalling the aircraft or lowering flaps at high speeds. Unfortunately, as these systems have become more complex and interconnected, a new class of problems has developed associated with pilots’ interaction with the automation. Many incidents have been reported where there exists some confusion between the pilots’ expectations of the AFS and what the system is actually doing (Corwin, 1995). This confusion has been termed a Mode Awareness Problem (MAP). After a description of the AFS, a formal definition of mode awareness problems is presented in Section 1.3 followed by representative incidents in which mode awareness problems are suspected as being a contributory factor. 2007-02-16T21:49:32Z 2007-02-16T21:49:32Z 1996-06 Technical Report http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35914 en_US ASL-92-2 application/pdf International Center for Air Transportation |
| spellingShingle | transport aircraft flight management navigation inner loop control air transportation Vakil, Sanjay S. Midkiff, Alan H. Hansman, R. John Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Vertical Situation Display |
| title | Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Vertical Situation Display |
| title_full | Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Vertical Situation Display |
| title_fullStr | Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Vertical Situation Display |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Vertical Situation Display |
| title_short | Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Vertical Situation Display |
| title_sort | development and evaluation of an electronic vertical situation display |
| topic | transport aircraft flight management navigation inner loop control air transportation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35914 |
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