Enhancing Taxi Performance under Low Visibility: Are Moving Maps Enough?

We report the results of an experiment evaluating the separate and combined effects of a 3-D perspective moving map and newly developed Head-Up Display symbology on taxi performance in low visibility. Nine commercial airline pilots completed a series of gate-to-runway taxi routes at a simulated Chic...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 1997-10, Vol.41 (1), p.37-41
Main Authors: McCarm, Robert S., Andre, Anthony D., Begault, Durand, Foyle, David C., Wenzel, Elizabeth
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:We report the results of an experiment evaluating the separate and combined effects of a 3-D perspective moving map and newly developed Head-Up Display symbology on taxi performance in low visibility. Nine commercial airline pilots completed a series of gate-to-runway taxi routes at a simulated Chicago-O'Hare. Relative to a baseline condition, in which in-the-cockpit navigation support was confined to Jeppesen paper map, the 3-D moving map yielded a nonsignificant increase in taxi speed. The combination of electronic moving map and Head-Up Display yielded a considerably larger and statistically significant increase in taxi speed. These results suggest that in low visibility, Head-Up Displays can substantially improve taxi performance, over and above any improvements associated with 3-D moving maps.
ISSN:1541-9312
1071-1813
2169-5067
DOI:10.1177/107118139704100109