Managing emergencies and abnormal situations in air traffic control (part I): Taskwork strategies

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 620-627

  Malakis, Stathis ^a   Kontogiannis, Tom ^b   Kirwan, Barry ^c  

^a Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c EUROCONTROL EXPERIMENTAL CENTRE   (France)

Author keywords

Air traffic control; Cognitive strategies; Decision making; Taskwork

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; CONTROL TOWERS; CONTROLLERS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC); AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; COGNITIVE STRATEGY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; GENERIC MODELING; PROTOTYPE MODELS; SIMULATOR TRAINING; TASKWORK;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER; ARTICLE; AVIATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PERSONNEL; PLANNING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SIMULATOR; TRAINING;

EID: 77950369560     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.12.019     Document Type: Article

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