An assessment of reduced crew and single pilot operations in commercial transport aircraft operations

AIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference - Proceedings

Volumn 2017-September, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Bailey, Randall E ^a   Kramer, Lynda J ^a   Kennedy, Kellie D ^a   Stephens, Chad L ^a   Etherington, Timothy J ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

automation; automation surprise; aviation safety; crew complement; increasingly autonomous systems; reduced crew operations; single pilot operations

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; AVIONICS; CIVIL AVIATION; DIGITAL AVIONICS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; NASA; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; AVIATION SAFETY; CREW COMPLEMENT; PILOT OPERATIONS; REDUCED CREW OPERATIONS;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

EID: 85041008407     PISSN: 21557195     EISSN: 21557209     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DASC.2017.8101988     Document Type: Conference Paper

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