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原文传递 Investigation of Flight Deck Data Link in the Terminal Area.

题名：	Investigation of Flight Deck Data Link in the Terminal Area.
作者：	J., Kaneshige; L., Martin; S., Lozito; S., Sharma; V., Dulchinos
关键词：	Air Traffic Control; Aircraft Communication; Airports; Data Links; Flight Management Systems; Flight Simulation; Flight Simulators; Human Factors Engineering; Simulation; Trajectories
摘要：	The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and Europe's Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) concepts require an increased use of trajectory-based operations, including extensive strategic air traffic control clearances. The clearances are lengthy and complex, which necessitate data link communications to allow for message permanence and integration into the autoflight systems (i.e., autoload capability). This paper examines the use of flight deck data link communications for strategic and tactical clearance usage in the terminal area. A human-in-the-loop simulation was conducted using a high-fidelity flight deck simulator, with ten commercial flight crews as participants. Data were collected from six flight scenarios in the San Francisco terminal airspace. The variables of interest were ATC message modality (voice v. data link), temporal quality of the message (tactical v. strategic) and message length. Dependent variables were message response times, communication clarifications, communication-related errors, and pilot workload. Response time results were longer in data link compared to voice, a finding that has been consistently revealed in a number of other simulations (1). In addition, strategic clearances and longer messages resulted in a greater number of clarifications and errors, suggesting an increase in uncertainty of message interpretation for the flight crews when compared to tactical clearances. The implications for strategic and compound clearance usage in NextGen and SESAR are discussed
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