Automation
Little time is spent discussing the critical role played by the concept of trust in our interactions with automation. While automation-related incidents are often framed as failures of systems knowledge, this article argues that they are more accurately understood as failures of trust calibration. We explore what is meant by trust in this context, and how it determines our reliance, use, misuse, or indeed, disuse of automated systems.
Written by K-HUB
Author of this opinion piece from AINOnline, Chris Lutat, shares than when writing the (book) Automation Airmanship: Nine Principles for Operating Glass Cockpit Aircraft, it was decided that the focus would not be on the mistakes that crews had made in the last 30 years and the accidents that have resulted, but instead, the spotlight would be turned on what the very best crews in the profession do to avoid these large system failures at all.
Written by K-HUB
This article links key studies in the field of automation in aviation to high profile automation related aircraft accidents in recent years, and asks what the lessons mean for future developments of automation and AI in the cockpit.
Written by K-HUB
The Personnel Training and Licensing Panel: Automation Study Report (Nov 2023) by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) addresses automation dependency in commercial air transport operations, focusing on pilots in fixed-wing aircraft. The report is a result of an extensive study that examines the growing reliance on automated systems and the implications for manual flight skills, pilot monitoring, and aviation safety. We summarise the key components here and link you to the full report.
Written by Konstantinos Pechlivanis
In this interesting scientific paper, Sydney Dekker and Robert-Jan de Boer investigate Automation Surprise. A model of automation surprise based on sense-making is presented. https://www.mdpi.com/2313-576X/3/3/20
Written by Daan
This accident has become a popular favourite as a case study on the main theme of automation, but there are a host of other human factors in including culture, crashworthiness, survivability and emergency response that make it a good choice for an in depth case study. There is plenty of material out there for trainers and interested parties as well as the thorough final report from the NTSB. We link you to some key resources below…
Written by Alex P
Source: AirMed&rescue Magazine Alex Pollitt explores the dramatic demand for automation in the cockpit, and how it has both alleviated pilot workload and exposed our limited understanding of the human factor at the center of it all. Automation reduces workload, frees attentional resources to focus on other tasks, and is capable of flying the aircraft […]
Written by Alex P
With the topic of automation in aviation under public scrutiny, perhaps it’s time to review some fundamental aspects of aircraft handling using the technology. Source: Verticalmag.com The high profile crashes of the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max airliners have brought the issue of automation in aviation to the public attention like never […]
Written by Alex P
