Examining pilot decision making in information-rich cockpits

Examining pilot decision making in information-rich cockpits

Carroll, M. (Florida Institute of Technology)
Forsyth Wilt, D. (Florida Institute of Technology)
Sanchez, P. (Florida Institute of Technology)
Carstens, D. (Florida Institute of Technology)

2019-05-07

Pilots are faced with making decisions based on a range of different information sources. One challenge pilots often face is the presentation of conflicting information between sources. This effort examined pilot decision making with conflicting information by conducting structured interviews with 13 pilots, including seven airline, three corporate, and three GA pilots. Pilots were asked questions regarding their experience with conflicting sources of weather, traffic, and navigation information on the flight deck or cockpit. Further, they were asked to describe how they responded to the information conflict, including which source they trusted, which source they ultimately acted on, and why they acted on that source. This paper describes the methods, results and implications for commercial and military aviation.

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