Download or read book The Influence of Atc Message Length and Timing on Pilot Communication written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-13 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pilot-controller communication is critical to safe and efficient flight. It is often a challenging component of piloting, which is reflected in the number of incidents and accidents involving miscommunication. Our previous field study identified communication problems that disrupt routine communication between pilots and controllers. The present part-task simulation study followed up the field results with a more controlled investigation of communication problems. Pilots flew a simulation in which they were frequently vectored by Air Traffic Control (ATC), requiring intensive communication with the controller. While flying, pilots also performed a secondary visual monitoring task. We examined the influence of message length (one message with four commands vs. two messages with two commands each) and noncommunication workload on communication accuracy and length. Longer ATC messages appeared to overload pilot working memory, resulting in more incorrect or partial readbacks, as well as more requests to repeat the message. The timing between the two short messages also influenced communication. The second message interfered with memory for or response to the first short message when it was delivered too soon after the first message. Performing the secondary monitoring task did not influence communication. Instead, communication reduced monitoring accuracy. Morrow, Daniel and Rodvold, Michelle Unspecified Center NAS2-13210...
Download or read book The Influence of ATC Message Length and Timing on Pilot Communication written by Daniel Morrow and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Misunderstandings in ATC Communication written by Immanuel Barshi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective radio communication between ATC and pilots has long been recognized as an important element of aviation safety. In recognition of the role miscommunications play in aviation incidents and accidents, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recently introduced language proficiency requirements for all flight personnel in all ICAO member states. Using an effective and economical experimental paradigm, the research described here teases apart the complex combination of factors (e.g. speech rate, controller message length, English language proficiency, cognitive workload) believed to contribute to miscommunications between controllers and pilots. Misunderstandings in ATC Communication offers an in-depth report of a seminal study in aviation communication, which until now has only been available in the form of an unpublished dissertation. In addition, it offers a recent extension of that work, the authors’ reflections on the research process, and a thorough review of the aviation communication literature. Graduate students and researchers who wish to address real-world problems will appreciate the simple elegance of the experimental paradigm that has been used to address a wide range of theoretical and applied interdisciplinary research questions. The book will appeal to scholars in the fields of human factors, linguistics, cognitive psychology, applied linguistics and second-language education and assessment. It is also of direct relevance to government and industry decision-makers and operators as they strive to implement the ICAO requirements, and to improve aviation safety.
Download or read book The Outcome of ATC Message Complexity on Pilot Readback Performance written by O. Veronika Prinzo and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report contains detailed and comprehensive descriptions of routine air traffic control (ATC) communication, pilot readback performance, call sign usage, miscommunications, and the effects of ATC message complexity and message length on pilot readback performance.
Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving Pilot ATC Voice Communication in General Aviation written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influence of Air Traffic Control (ATC) instruction format (grouped vs. sequential presentation) and message length on General Aviation pilot communication was investigated in a simulated flight environment using the Civil Aeromedical Institute's (CAMI's) Basic General Aviation Research Simulator (BGARS). Prior to flying the simulator each pilot was provided with familiarization training, listened to and read back ATC messages spoken in either grouped or sequential format (depending on their assigned treatment group), and completed a digit span test (a measure of short-term memory). While flying 2 missions in the simulator, 12 pilots heard recorded ATC messages that contained altitude and radio frequency information spoken in a grouped format (e.g., "descend and maintain forty-one hundred"), and 12 heard the same instructions spoken sequentially (e.g., "descend and maintain four thousand one hundred"). The amount of information in a message varied from 2 to 5 speech acts, including the aircraft identification. All pilots were instructed to read back and execute the ATC instructions. Readback errors and requests to clarify ATC messages were the primary measures of pilot communication. Readback strategies, such as whether pilots repeated instructions in the same format as issued by ATC, were also examined. We found only limited evidence that the grouped format improved pilot memory for ATC messages. In one analysis of requests for clarification, pilots who received grouped instructions produced fewer requests than did pilots who received the same instructions in sequential format, suggesting that they were less likely to misunderstand the ATC messages. Pilots who received grouped instructions were also more likely to read back the grouped instructions in sequential format, suggesting that prior experience with the sequential format influenced pilot communication in this study.
Download or read book The Outcome of ATC Message Length and Complexity on en Route Pilot Readback Performance written by O. Veronika Prinzo and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Field data and laboratory studies conducted in the 1990s reported the rate of pilot readback errors and communication problems increased as controller transmissions became more complex. This resulted in the recommendation that controllers send shorter messages to reduce the memory load imposed on pilots by complex messages. More than 10 yrs have passed since a comprehensive analysis quantified the types and frequency of readback errors and communication problems that occurred in the en route operational environment. Hence, a content analysis was performed on 51 hrs of pilot and controller messages that were transmitted from five en route facilities in the contiguous United States between March and August 2006. This report contains detailed and comprehensive descriptions of routine air traffic control (ATC) transmissions and how ATC message complexity and message length affected pilot readback performance. The results show that message complexity had a statistically significant effect on the production of errors of omission only, while message length affected both the production of errors of omission and readback errors (substitution and transposition errors)."--Page i.
Download or read book Aviation English written by Dominique Estival and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aviation English investigates the key issues related to the use of English for the purpose of communication in aviation and analyses the current research on language training, testing and assessment in the area of Aviation English. Based on a series of recent empirical studies in aviation communication and taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book: provides a description of Aviation English from a linguistic perspective lays the foundation for increased focus in the area of Aviation English and its assessment in the form of English Language Proficiency (ELP) tests critically assesses recent empirical research in the domain. This book makes an important contribution to the development of the field of Aviation English and will be of interest to researchers in the areas of applied linguistics, TESOL and English for Specific Purposes.
Download or read book Misunderstandings in ATC Communication written by Immanuel Barshi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective radio communication between ATC and pilots has long been recognized as an important element of aviation safety. In recognition of the role miscommunications play in aviation incidents and accidents, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recently introduced language proficiency requirements for all flight personnel in all ICAO member states. Using an effective and economical experimental paradigm, the research described here teases apart the complex combination of factors (e.g. speech rate, controller message length, English language proficiency, cognitive workload) believed to contribute to miscommunications between controllers and pilots. Misunderstandings in ATC Communication offers an in-depth report of a seminal study in aviation communication, which until now has only been available in the form of an unpublished dissertation. In addition, it offers a recent extension of that work, the authors’ reflections on the research process, and a thorough review of the aviation communication literature. Graduate students and researchers who wish to address real-world problems will appreciate the simple elegance of the experimental paradigm that has been used to address a wide range of theoretical and applied interdisciplinary research questions. The book will appeal to scholars in the fields of human factors, linguistics, cognitive psychology, applied linguistics and second-language education and assessment. It is also of direct relevance to government and industry decision-makers and operators as they strive to implement the ICAO requirements, and to improve aviation safety.
Download or read book The Outcome of ATC Message Complexity on Pilot Readback Performance written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field data and laboratory studies conducted in the 1990s reported that the rate of pilot readback errors and communication problems increased as controller transmissions became more complex. This resulted in the recommendation that controllers send shorter messages to reduce the memory load imposed on pilots by complex messages. More than 10 years have passed since a comprehensive analysis quantified the types and frequency of readback errors and communication problems that occur in the operational environment. Hence, a content analysis was performed on 50 hours of pilot and controller messages that were transmitted from 5 of the busiest terminal radar approach control facilities in the contiguous United States between October 2003 and February 2004. This report contains detailed and comprehensive descriptions of routine air traffic control (ATC) communication, pilot readback performance, call sign usage, miscommunications, and the effects of ATC message complexity and message length on pilot readback performance. Of importance was the finding that both the number of pilot requests and readback errors increased as the complexity and number of aviation topics in ATC messages increased - especially when pilots were performing approach tasks as compared with departure tasks. Also, nonstandard phraseology associated with a lack of English language proficiency and international communications were present in the data. In particular, pilot use of the word "point" as part of a radio frequency was included in the read back of altitude ("three point five") and speed ("two point seven on the speed"). To limit the occurrence of communication problems and misunderstandings, controllers should be encouraged to transmit shorter and less complex messages. With increases in international travel, areas of concern related to English language proficiency and language production need to be addressed.
Download or read book Linguistic Dimensions of Crisis Talk written by Claudia Sassen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2005-08-31 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an HPSG-based discourse grammar for a controlled language (Air Traffic Control) that allows the identification of well-formed discourse patterns. A formalisation of discourse theoretical structures that occur especially in crisis situations that involve potential aviation disasters is introduced. Of particular importance in this context are discourse sequences that help secure uptake among the crew and between crew and tower in order to coordinate actions that might result in avoiding a potential disaster. In order to describe the relevant phenomena, an extended HPSG formalism is used. The extension concerns the capability of modelling speech acts as proposed by Searle & Vanderveken (1985). The grammar is modelled by employing XML as a denotational semantics and is applied to the corpus data. This work thus lays the foundation for the automatic recognition of discourse structures in aviation communication.
Download or read book Re Examination of Mixed Media Communication written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simulation in the B747-400 was conducted at NASA Ames Research Center that compared how crews handled voice and data link air traffic control (ATC) messages in a single medium versus a mixed voice and data link ATC environment The interval between ATC messages was also varied to examine the influence of time pressure in voice, data link, and mixed ATC environments. For messages sent via voice, transaction times were lengthened in the mixed media environment for closely spaced messages. The type of environment did not affect data link times. However, messages times were lengthened in both single and mixed-modality environments under time pressure. Closely spaced messages also increased the number of requests for clarification for voice messages in the mixed environment and review menu use for data link messages. Results indicated that when time pressure is introduced, the mix of voice and data link does not necessarily capitalize on the advantages of both media. These findings emphasize the need to develop procedures for managing communication in mixed voice and data link environments.Dunbar, Melisa and McGann, Alison and Mackintosh, Margaret-Anne and Lozito, Sandra and Ashford, Rose (Technical Monitor)Ames Research CenterCOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; VOICE COMMUNICATION; DATA LINKS; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; VOICE CONTROL; PRESSURE EFFECTS; MESSAGES; FLIGHT SIMULATION; FLIGHT TEST INSTRUMENTS
Download or read book Mass Communication written by Jason R. Detrani and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.Mass communication is the academic study of the various means by which individuals and entities communicate information to large audiences at the same time. Mass communication channels include newspaper and magazine publishing, radio, television, film, and the Internet. Mass Communication: Issues
Download or read book Human Factors in Air Traffic Control written by Mark W. Smolensky and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1998-03-18 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of human factors has progressed greatly in the past 10 years, particularly with regard to the literature available in applied areas. The authors of this text focus on the most important aspects of this literature--the increasing concern over the deregulation of airlines and the increase in aviation accidents. The book covers general system safety, human perception, information processing, and cognitive load capacity during air traffic control performance, as well as team coordination, selection and training of personnel, work station and software design, and communication issues.
Download or read book An Analysis of Tower ground Controller pilot Voice Communications written by Judith Bürki-Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aeronautical Enginnering A Cumulative Index to a Continuing Bibliography supplement 312 written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Human Factors in the Design and Evaluation of Air Traffic Control Systems written by Kim M. Cardosi and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
