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AAR-100

**Human Factors Newsletter \# 01-15**

**(July 21, 2001 -- August 3, 2001)**

**Data Link:** The Data link Logical Acknowledgment (LACK) study
currently underway at the William J. Hughes Technical Center is
progressing quite well. Data link functionality has been introduced into
the Distributed Environment for Simulation Rapid Engineering and
Experimentation (DESIRE) simulation. ACT-530 and ACT-510 personnel are
testing the interface and the air scenarios. (E. Stein, WJHTC)

**Aviation Maintenance:** Human factors representatives from AAR-100 and
CAMI were hosted by Boeing Commercial Airplane Group for visits to the
maintenance facilities at Alaska Airlines (July 19^th^) and BF Goodrich
Aerospace (July 20^th^) where they spoke with engineering, quality
assurance and human factors personnel. At both facilities, they were
afforded the opportunity to tour the various shops and watch aviation
maintenance technicians perform their duties. At Boeing (July 20^th^),
they heard a presentation on the Maintenance Error Decision Aid (MEDA)
tool. (W. Krebs, AAR-100)

**Airway Facilities Job Analysis:** A CAMI researcher traveled to
Washington, DC July 8-13 and again July 23-27 to attend a meeting of the
subject matter expert (SME) panels for the research project entitled Job
Analysis of the Airway Facilities 2101 Electronic Position. North
American Business Management and American Institute of Research
contractors facilitated the panels. The purpose of the panels is to
receive expert opinion about the KSAO\'s needed for the job. Two
additional Job Analysis SME panels are planned for the 2101 position:
one in Salt Lake City the week of August 13^th^ and one in Dallas/Fort
Worth the week of September 10^th^ . (M. Hawkins, CAMI)

########  **Advanced Analysis Method For FOQA and Simulator Data (AAMFS):** AAMFS is a research and development effort whose primary goal is to devise practical systems, methods and techniques to enable air carriers to make effective use of digital flight data to improve training. These tools will allow carriers to monitor training effectiveness and identify training needs. The information generated can then be used to guide the design and focus of recurrent training on an ongoing basis. Work in this area has been underway with the cooperation of Alaska Airlines' MD-80 Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) and Advanced Qualification Program (AQP) personnel, and has been closely linked to other emphasis areas of the overall Automated Performance Management System (APMS) project. To date, the activity has been concentrated around collection of MD-80 simulator data which is correlated with the instructor grades given on specific AQP events, and the generation of robust models that will reliably predict the grades given from selected subsets of the simulator performance data. The grades on 40-60 specific AQP events are recorded in real time by the instructor on the Alaska Airlines Flight Training Management System (FTMS). The time stamped simulator data and grades are then used to construct predictor models using very sophisticated techniques refined by the University of New Mexico, who collaborates on the project. The predictor models are now being implemented as sophisticated pattern search templates on Alaska\'s new SFIM FOQA software suite, and the procedures for routine application of the tools are being worked out with the Alaska Airlines AQP team. This will give the MD-80 training group a powerful tool in determining the focus and emphasis in each succeeding recurrent training cycle, as well as suggesting possible AQP revisions, based on real data from fleet operations. (E. Edens, AFS-230)

# ***More information on human factors research can be found at***

***the FAA Human Factors (AAR-100) web site:***
[http://www.hf.faa.gov](http://www.hf.faa.gov/)

######### Mark D. Rodgers

FAA (AAR-100)

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**August 5-10, 2001 --** 9^th^ International Conference on
Human-Computer Interaction, New Orleans, LA
<http://hcii2001.engr.wisc.edu/>

**August 7-8, 2001** -- Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
National Symposia on Transportation: Enabling Technologies, US DOT Volpe
Center, Cambridge, MA
[mailto:brewerl@volpe.dot.gov](mailto:brewerl@volpe.dot.gov)

**August 15-16, 2001 --** Air Safety Forum, Hyatt Regency Hotel,
Washington, DC <http://www.alpa.org/>

**August 16-19** -- Taipei Aerospace Technology Exhibition, Taipei World
Trade Centre, Taipei, Taiwan
[http//www.taipeitradeshows.com.tw/etate](../http//www.taipeitradeshows.com.tw/etate)

**August 27-31, 2001** -- FAA Academy International Aviation Training
Symposium, Myriad Center, Oklahoma City, OK <http://www.iats.com/>

**September 4-6**, 2001 -- MRO Europe 2001, Scottish Exhibition &
Conference Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
<http://www.aviationnow.com/conferences>

**September 10-14, 2001** -- Aerospace Congress & Exhibition by
Aerospace North America and SAE, Washington State Convention and Trade
Center, Seattle, WA [mail to:kthomson@sae.org](mailto:kthomson@sae.org)

**September 16-20, 2001** -- 49^th^ International Congress of Aviation
and Space Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland <http://icasm2001.org/>

**September 17-19, 2001** -- SAFE Association Symposium on Safety,
Survival and Flight Equipment, Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN
<http://www.safeassociation.com/>

**September 18-20, 2001** -- NBAA Annual Meeting and Convention, New
Orleans, LA <http://www.nbaa.org/>

**September 25-26, 2001 --** 18^th^ Annual ALPA Communications for
Safety Conference, Doubletree Hotel, Denver, CO
<http://safety.natca.net/>

**September 26-28, 2001 --** Human Issues in Aviation Systems Symposium,
Toulouse, France [mailto:wise@db.erau.edu](mailto:wise@db.erau.edu)

**October 8-12, 2001** -- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 45^th^
Annual Meeting, Human Factors/Ergonomics: It Works, Minneapolis, MN
<http://www.hfes.org/>

**October 14-18, 2001** -- Aerospace Expo 2001, Los Angeles Convention
Center, Los Angeles, CA
[http//www.aviationnow.com/conferences](../http//www.aviationnow.com/conferences)

######## **October 22-25, 2001**- Annual Cabin Safety Research Technical Group Meeting, Taj Mahal Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, NJ 

*October 22-25, 2001 - DOD Technical Advisory Group Meeting, San Diego,
CA* <http://dticam.dtic.mil/hftag/>

*October 31-November 2, 2001 -- Air Cargo Americas 2001, Sixth
International Congress and Exhibition, Radisson Center, Miami, FL*
<http://www.worldtrade.org/>

**November 4-8, 2001 --** ATCA 46^th^ Annual International Program &
Exhibits, Washington Convention Center, Wash, D.C. <http://atca.org/>

**November 5-8, 2001** -- Joint meeting of the Flight Safety Foundation
54^th^ International Air Safety Seminar, the International Federation of
Airworthiness 31^st^ Conference, and International Air Transport
Association. Theme: Keeping People Safe in a Global Environment. Athens,
Greece <http://www.flightsafety.org/>

**November 8-10, 2001** -- AOPA Expo 2001, Fort Lauderdale, FL
<http://aopa.org/expo>

**November 27-30, 2001** - The Third International Aviation Security
Technology Symposium, Tropicana Resort & Casino, Atlantic City, NJ,
sponsored by the FAA Aviation Security R&D Division and National Safe
Skies Alliance. Symposium topics include: Trace Detection, Bulk
Detection, Human Factors, Technical Integration, Operational Testing and
Evaluation, Deployment, Aircraft Hardening, Emerging Technologies, and
other related topics.
<http://www.safeskiesinternational.org/symposium_2001.htm>

**December 3-5, 2001** -- MRO Asia 2001, Regal Hotel, Hong Kong
<http://www.aviationnow.com/conferences>

**December, 2001** -- EUROCONTROL Air Traffic Management R&D Seminar,
Santa Fe, New Mexico <http://eurocontrol.fr/>

*February 26-March 3, 2002 -- Air Freight Expo 2002, Shangri-La Hotel,
Singapore* <http://www.eyefortransport.com/asia2001>

**May 5-9, 2002** -- 73^rd^ Annual Scientific Meeting of the Aerospace
Medical Association, Queen Elizabeth's Hotel, Montreal, Canada
<http://www.asma.org/>

**September 23-27, 2002** -- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 46^th^
Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA <http://www.hfes.org/>

**April 7-27, 2003** -- Aviation World's Fair, Newport
News/Williamsburg, VA <http://www.worlds-fair.com/>

**May 4-9, 2003** -- 74^th^ Annual Scientific Meeting of the Aerospace
Medical Association, Convention Center, San Antonio, TX
<http://www.asma.org/>

**May 2-7, 2004** -- 75^th^ Annual Scientific Meeting of the Aerospace
Medical Association, Egan Convention Center, Anchorage, AK
<http://www.asma.org/>

## Note: Calendar events in Italics are new since the last Newsletter

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