Beyond the sterile cockpit

Consideration is given to some of the negative aspects of the trend toward increased automation of aircraft flight decks. The history of automated devices for navigation, communications and detection on board aircraft is reviewed. Instances of automatic system failure are identified which have led t...

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Published in:Human factors 1985-02, Vol.27 (1), p.75-90
Main Author: Wiener, E. L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Active control
Airlines
Artificial intelligence
Automation
Aviation
Biological and medical sciences
Decision support systems
Flight
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Occupational psychology
Organization and management. Professional relation
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Support systems
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Summary:Consideration is given to some of the negative aspects of the trend toward increased automation of aircraft flight decks. The history of automated devices for navigation, communications and detection on board aircraft is reviewed. Instances of automatic system failure are identified which have led to accidents, and the events surrounding the downing of Korean Airlines Flight 747 are reexamined within the context of a computer-based system failure. Finally, new software and interactive systems to reduce navigational error due to inadequate computer-assisted flight instruction (CAI) are described, with emphasis given to speech processing and intelligent CAI systems.
ISSN:0018-7208
1547-8181
DOI:10.1177/001872088502700107