OBJECTIVE Performance consequences related to integrating an imperfect alert within a complex task domain were examined in two experiments. BACKGROUND Cockpit displays of traffic information (CDTIs) are being designed for use in airplane cockpits as responsibility for safe separation becomes shared between pilots and controllers. Of interest in this work is how characteristics of the alarm sy...

Ten years after Earl Wiener’s (1989) classic survey of pilot attitudes toward automation, researchers have once again turned to pilot attitudes to measure how pilots think and feel about the automation in the airplanes they fly. Psychologists have measured attitudes as mediators of human behavior for decades based on the assumption that attitudes and behavior are highly correlated (see Abelson,...

∗ 0-7803-7952-7/03/$17.00  2003 IEEE. Abstract – A previous study successfully demonstrated the potential usefulness of Hidden Markov Model (HMM) analysis techniques in analyzing pilots’ eye-movement data to detect differences in scanning and attention patterns caused by display format changes. This paper focuses on assessing differences among pilots using the same display format. A flight sim...

This paper describes a method to determine the accuracy of the Convective Weather Avoidance Model which predicts the likelihood that pilots will deviate away from specific areas of convective activity. Visual inspection with a reduced data set helped refine the algorithms used in the verification and offered some preliminary results of the model’s accuracy in today’s airspace. This model has so...

INTRODUCTION Neck pain (NP) is common among military helicopter pilots. Older age and more flight-hours have been associated with pilots with a history of NP. However, modifiable neuromuscular and musculoskeletal characteristics such as neck proprioception, strength, flexibility, and posture have rarely been investigated in military helicopter pilots with a history of NP. The purpose of the stu...

In this paper we introduce an approach to objectively validate visual performance of a cognitive pilot model using benchmarks of human performance. A study with 16 human airline pilots and two competing models has been conducted in order to validate visual performance of the models applying these benchmarks. The study shows that human performance benchmarks can support analysts with a powerful ...

Current concerns about persistent visual abnormalities after the use of isotretinoin may lead the Federal Aviation Administration to further restrict its use in pilots or future pilots.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the audiometric profile of civilian pilots according to the noise exposure level. METHODS This observational cross-sectional study evaluated 3,130 male civilian pilots aged between 17 and 59 years. These pilots were subjected to audiometric examinations for obtaining or revalidating the functional capacity certificate in 2011. The degree of hearing loss was classified as...

Background: Vestibular function is essential to pilots. But for now there are little method to evaluate otolith function in pilots.Quite recently vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) test has been introduced to evaluate the saccule and the inferior vestibular nerve function. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the parameters of VEMP in Chinese Air Force fighter pilots so a...

Error correction is a fundamental problem in wireless system design as wireless links often suffer high bit error rate (BER) due to signal attenuation and interference. This paper presents a new cross-layer solution called LEAD to improve the performance of existing PHY layer error correcting codes. While the traditional wisdom of cross-layer wireless design is to expose and exploit PHY layer i...