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Strategic workload management and decision biases in aviationThirty pilots flew three simulated landing approaches under conditions of low, medium, and high workload. Workload conditions were created by varying time pressure and external communications requirements. Our interest was in how the pilots strategically managed or adapted to the increasing workload. We independently assessed the pilot's ranking of the priority of different discrete tasks during the approach and landing. Pilots were found to sacrifice some aspects of primary flight control as workload increased. For discrete tasks, increasing workload increased the amount of time in performing the high priority tasks, decreased the time in performing those of lowest priority, and did not affect duration of performance episodes or optimality of scheduling of tasks of any priority level. Individual differences analysis revealed that high-performing subjects scheduled discrete tasks earlier in the flight and shifted more often between different activities.
Document ID
19950040661
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Raby, Mireille
(Battelle Human Factors Transportation Center Seattle, WA, United States)
Wickens, Christopher D.
(University of Illinois, Urbana, IL United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: International Journal of Aviation Pyschology
Volume: 4
Issue: 3
ISSN: 1050-8414
Subject Category
Behavioral Sciences
Accession Number
95A72260
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG2-308
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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