NTL Record

Title Performance tasks for operator-skills research.
Record ID 38961
Personal Name
Creator
Pearson, Richard G.
Corporate Creator United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
Publisher Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Publication Date 19660600
Language English
Abstract The selection, development, and operation of several tasks for use in skilled-operator-performance research are described. The tasks are intended, collectively, to sample a broad spectrum of abilities required by complex operator systems; individually they vary to the extent with which demands are placed upon attentional, sensory input, decision, and motor processes. A tracking and monitoring task simulates some of the functions associated with pilot skill, while a radar ATC task simulates the en route controller's functions. Other tasks (auditory vigilance, problem solving, mental arithmetic, and choice reaction time) are of a more abstract nature.
Rosap ID dot:20788
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20788
TRT Terms Air pilots; Flight crews; Air traffic controllers; Work environment; Operators (Persons); Equipment; Abilities; Task analysis; Monitoring; Reaction time; Arithmetic; Problem solving; Vigilance; Radar air traffic control; Physiological fatigue; Anxiety; Alertness; Morale; Clinical depression; Cooperation; Attitudes; Emotions; Performance; Human subject testing; Experiments
General Subjects Air pilots; Flight crews; Air traffic controllers; Work environment; Human-machine systems; Ability; Task analysis; Monitoring; Reaction time; Arithmetic; Problem solving; Vigilance (Psychology); Radar air traffic control systems; Fatigue; Anxiety; Attention; Boredom; Employee morale; Depression, Mental; Cooperation; Attitude (Psychology); Emotions; Performance
Classification NTL - AVIATION - AVIATION;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Human Factors
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number AM 66-19; DOT/FAA/AM-66/19
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/38000/38900/38961/AM66-19.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository