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Publications by David W. Abbott (bibliography)

1995

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Garland, Daniel J., Wise, John A., Abbott, David W., Hopkin, V. David, Benel, Russell A. and Smith, Philip J. (1995): Free Flight: Human Factors Implications. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting 1995. pp. 98-102.

“There is a real possibility that the air traffic control system in the United States will change radically in the next decade. One vision -- "free flight" or "free routing" -- is to move most of the responsibility for navigation and separation back to the cockpit and away from ground based air traffic systems. The basic notion of free flight is that each flight would be completely determined by the user, i.e. by some form of airline/pilot combination, and would not need to follow pre-defined airways or altitudes. The airlines would inform the air traffic system of each aircraft's intentions, but would not have to seek any prior air traffic approval. The job of the air traffic system would be to meet the user's requirements but not to suggest what those requirements should be. However, the air traffic system would be expected to collaborate with the airlines to ensure the safe passage of flights and to intervene when aircraft separation requirements are jeopardized or violated. Such a system would bring with it dramatic changes in the roles of all the human members of the aviation system, and as such, would have significant human factors impacts. The goal of this panel will be to identify and discuss some of those issues.”

1993

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Wise, John A., Guide, Patrick C., Abbott, David W. and Ryan, Lanny (1993): Automated Corporate Cockpits: Some Observations. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 37th Annual Meeting 1993. pp. 6-10.

“Automated airline cockpit systems are very helpful at times, but they can induce errors and other problems when change is required by the operational demands. If this holds in the constrained airline operating environment, it would appear that corporate aviation -- with its demand for extreme flexibility -- would magnify these problems. This study is the first attempt to examine the pilot-automation interaction in the corporate aviation environment. Survey data from 430 corporate pilots and observations from over 60 actual corporate missions are discussed.”

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Dyck, Jennifer L., Abbott, David W. and Wise, John A. (1993): HCI in Multi-Crew Aircraft. In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 1993. pp. 151-156.

“The HCI issues in automation of corporate jets were examined. Pilots completed a questionnaire on programming procedures, crew coordination, understanding, cockpit design and general attitudes about automation. Results indicated that pilots had difficulties making programming changes, and understanding the outcome of their programming. Pilots also disliked the lack of consistency in keyboard design, and indicated a high degree of verbal communication was necessary in an automated cockpit. System design issues are considered and some recommendations are made.”

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