Human Factors Checklist for the Design and Evaluation of Air Traffic Control Systems

Final ReportPDFTech ReportDOT-VNTSC-FAA-95-3.1DOT/FAA/RD-9S/3.1FA5L1/A5U2Air traffic controlHuman factorsAir traffic controllersSystem designSystems analysisUnited States. Federal Aviation AdministrationCardosi, K. M.Murphy, ElizabethJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)CTA IncorporatedNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITYNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human FactorsVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThis document presents human factors issues that should bo considered in thodesign and evaluation of air traffic control (ATC! systoms and subsystems. Thochecklist is a companion document to Human Factors in tho Design and Evaluation ofAir Traffic Control Systoms. Tho goal of this chocklist is to point air trafficcontrollers and other operations specialists to quostions that thoy may wish toconsider in their evaluation of now systems or subsystems, or a now component ofan existing system. Some chocklist items may bo used as a rough filter for knowndesign flaws; othors are moro appropriate for group discussion.The numbers in parenthesis at the and of each checklist item refer to the sectionin Human Factors in the Design and Evaluation of Air Traffic Control Systems thatdiscusses the issue. This mapping allows the checklist user to learn about thobasis for the item, why it is important, and the implications of compromise.Checklist items marked with an 'I* indicate items that must be assossod withequipment and/or by referring to tho specifications documentation