Automatic Dependent Survelliance-Broadcast (Human Factors in Aviation Safety)
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
Brian W. Morgan
Human Factors in Aviation Safety, SFTY 320
Abstract
This paper will overviews the human factor implications of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). ADS-B is leading edge technology and since it is the future of air traffic control, these human factors issues need to be highlighted and resolved before full implementation of the system. ADS-B technology affords the opportunity for reduced separation standards, increased capacity and efficiency of flight operations, and it provides for greater airspace flexibility while maintaining or enhancing the quality of our environment. ADS-B monitoring will be an additional task for pilots to manage but the greater accuracy of traffic information over radio position reports should improve situational awareness of ADS-B traffic and ultimately decrease a pilot’s workload. Ultimately, ADS-B will increase safety while decreasing airspace congestion. Great abstract
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is a critical aspect of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). NextGen is a Joint Planning Development Office multiagency effort established by Congress to transform the air transportation system into amore flexible, adaptive, and highly automated system capable of handling two to three time the current air traffic (Thompson & Sinclair, n.d.). In short, the ADS-B system provides improved surveillance and pilot situational awareness simultaneously to pilots and air traffic controllers. ADS-B is still in the process of its development but is slowly being implemented in the United States and in the international community. New technologies bring about improvements in aircraft avionics functional capabilities but also bring about new human factors issues. Since ADS-B is the future of air traffic control, these human
Brian W. Morgan
Human Factors in Aviation Safety, SFTY 320
Abstract
This paper will overviews the human factor implications of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). ADS-B is leading edge technology and since it is the future of air traffic control, these human factors issues need to be highlighted and resolved before full implementation of the system. ADS-B technology affords the opportunity for reduced separation standards, increased capacity and efficiency of flight operations, and it provides for greater airspace flexibility while maintaining or enhancing the quality of our environment. ADS-B monitoring will be an additional task for pilots to manage but the greater accuracy of traffic information over radio position reports should improve situational awareness of ADS-B traffic and ultimately decrease a pilot’s workload. Ultimately, ADS-B will increase safety while decreasing airspace congestion. Great abstract
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is a critical aspect of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). NextGen is a Joint Planning Development Office multiagency effort established by Congress to transform the air transportation system into amore flexible, adaptive, and highly automated system capable of handling two to three time the current air traffic (Thompson & Sinclair, n.d.). In short, the ADS-B system provides improved surveillance and pilot situational awareness simultaneously to pilots and air traffic controllers. ADS-B is still in the process of its development but is slowly being implemented in the United States and in the international community. New technologies bring about improvements in aircraft avionics functional capabilities but also bring about new human factors issues. Since ADS-B is the future of air traffic control, these human
References: ADS-B.com (n.d.). What is ADS-B?. Retrieved February 3, 2010 from http://www.ads-b.com /home.htm AOPA.org ATC Monitor.com. (2008). Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast – A Primer & Arguments Why the FAA Should Maintain Airport Surveillance Radar. Retrieved February 3, 2010 from http://www.atcmonitor.com/ads-b_explained_primer.html AvStop.com FAA.gov (2010, January). Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Fact Sheet. Retrieved February 3, 2010, from http://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsId =7131 Kuhn, M