Improving Air Traffic Controller Training

Air Traffic Controller Team Intent Inference

This paper describes methods and applications of intent inference for future teams of air traffic controllers that include a strategic planning controller responsible for ‘conditioning’ the traffic flow. The Crew Activity Tracking System (CATS) provides a framework for developing intent-aware intelligent agents to support controller teams. A proof-of-concept system provides reminders to the pla...

Adaptive syntax representation in an oral task-oriented dialogue for air-traffic controller training

Improving air traffic management through agent suggestions

Providing intelligent automation to manage the continuously increasing flow of air traffic is critical to the safety and economic viability of air transportation systems. However, current automated solutions leave existing human controllers “out of the loop” rendering the potential solutions both technically dangerous (e.g., inability to react to suddenly developing conditions) and politically ...

Problems in air traffic management. II. Prediction of success in air traffic controller school.

An analysis of scores for an extensive battery of. psychological tests administered to a large number of air traffic <.-'On troller (A TC) trainees indicated that such tests can make a useful contribution in the selection of personnel for ATC training. Five test areas which emerged as most predictive of ATC school performance were: abstract reasoning, numerical ability, spatial relations, non-v...

The Utility of Testing Noncognitive Aptitudes as Additional Predictors of Graduation From US Air Force Air Traffic Controller Training

The present study examined the utility of testing noncognitive aptitudes as a predictor of graduation from US Air Force air traffic controller (ATC) training. A total of 1,003 training candidates participated in the study. Results of logistic regression indicate that noncognitive areas of functioning at the start of training significantly predicted graduation beyond the effects of a measure of ...