Controller and pilot evaluation of a datalink-enabled trajectory-based operations concept

Proceedings of the 9th USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar, ATM 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 32-41

  Mueller, Eric ^a   McNally, Dave ^a   Rentas, Tamika ^a   Aweiss, Arwa ^a   Thipphavong, David ^a   Gong, Chester ^a   Cheng, Jinn Hwei ^b   Walton, Joe ^b   Walker, John ^b   Lee, Chu Han ^b   Sahlman, Scott ^b   Carpenter, Diane ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University Affiliated Research Center   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Air traffic control and management; Datalink; Human in the loop simulation; Trajectory based operations

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; CONTROLLERS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAJECTORIES;

AIR TRAFFICS; DATALINK; EFFICIENCY BENEFITS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATIONS; QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK; QUANTITATIVE METRICS; TRAJECTORY-BASED;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 84941776105     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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