Citation

Smith JD, Ellis SR. Proc. Hum. Factors Ergon. Soc. Annu. Meet. 1982; 26(9): 772-776.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/154193128202600904

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Ten airline pilots rated the collision danger of air traffic presented on cockpit displays of traffic information (CDTI) while they monitored simulated departures from Denver. They selected avoidance maneuvers when necessary for separation. Most evasive maneuvers were turns rather than vertical maneuvers. Evasive maneuvers chosen for encounters with low or moderate perceived collision danger were generally toward the intruding aircraft. This tendency lessened as the perceived threat level increased. In the highest threat situations pilots turned toward the intruder only at chance levels. Some of the implications of the pilots' turning-towards tendencies are discussed with respect to automatic collision avoidance systems and coordination of avoidance maneuvers of conflicting aircraft.

Language: en