Designing for the future: A Cognitive-Adaptive-Man-Machine-Interface

The forecasts of the International Civil Aviation Organization envisage a growth in world air travel of 5% per annum until 2020. The air traffic in Europe is therefore expected to more than double by 2020. In order to deal with the growth, the European Air Traffic Management (ATM) system will undergo major changes. The envisaged next generation ATM will require new technologies to meet future collaborative decision making, self separation, precision 4D path following, and closer aircraft spacing. The CAMMI (Cognitive Adaptive Man Machine Interface) program addresses human factors priorities in various domains by developing concepts that balance operator workload, support added future operator roles and responsibilities and resulting new task and information requirements, while allowing operators to focus on the most safety critical tasks. In the aviation domain current pilot interface applications are inadequate to support pilot performance under increased workload and responsibility. The envisioned ATM capabilities will only be realized with increased automation, therefore the development of adaptive information management, display management, and task management aids is a necessity. The paper discusses the CAMMI project and presents concepts to address the challenges presented by future flight operations