Human Factors for Flight Deck Certification Personnel

Final Report - June 1989-Sept 1992PDFTech ReportDOT-VNTSC-FAA-93-4DOT/FAA/RD-93/5FA3E2/A3093AutomationCockpit resource managementFlight decksHuman factorsHuman factors engineeringInformation display systemsPerceptionUnited States. Federal Aviation AdministrationCardosi, Kim M.Huntley, M. Stephen, Jr.John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITYNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human FactorsVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThis document is a compilation of proceedings and lecture material on humanperformance capabilities that was presented to FAA flight deck certificationpersonnel. A five-day series of lectures was developed to provide certificationspecialists with information on fundamental characteristics of the human operator thatare relevant to flight deck operations. The series was designed to proceed from thepresentation of basic information on human sensory capabilities, through humancognition, to the application of this knowledge to the design of controls and displaysin the automated cockpit. The initial lectures were prepared and presented bypublished academic researchers. The later ones were presented by senior human factorspractitioners employed by major American airframe manufacturers