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AAR-100

**Human Factors Newsletter \# 00-03**

**(January 22, 2000 -- February 4, 2000)**

-   **Automated Flight Service Station Voice Switch:** Human Factors
    specialists from the William J. Hughes Technical Center began
    developmental prototyping efforts for the Automated Flight Service
    Station Voice Switch. They are working with representatives of the
    integrated product team, flight service specialists, the air traffic
    requirements service, and the Technical Center Voice Switching
    Automation Branch, ACT-340. (M. McAnulty, WJHTC)

-   **HOCSR:** The Host and Oceanic Computer System Replacement (HOCSR)
    Human Factors Workgroup met to review the status of human factors
    issues identified during a usability assessment of the Series 1
    Replacement. Several issues have already been resolved. All but one
    of the remaining issues will be resolved as the recommended
    modifications are implemented in upcoming software releases. Members
    of the workgroup include representatives of PASS, ACT, ARU, and AUA.
    (T. Yuditsky, WJHTC)

-   **Human Factors Specialist Job Vacancy:** The Aviation Security
    Human Factors Program (AAR-510) will soon recruit for a human
    factors specialist to work in the Washington, D.C., metro area. This
    person will resolve human factors issues for security systems that
    are of interest to the transition group of the Security Equipment
    Integrated Product Team. For additional information, contact James
    Fobes at (609) 485-4944. (T. Kraus, AAR-1)

-   **Human Factors Interface with CTX Alarms:** The Aviation Security
    Human Factors Program (AAR-510) is working with InVision
    Technologies to examine the relationship between CTX screener
    experience and their performance resolving CTX alarms. (T. Kraus,
    AAR-1)

-   **Directed/Non-Directed Trace Field Study:** Personnel from the
    Technology Transition Program participated in a meeting with
    personnel from the Aviation Security Human Factors Program (AAR-510)
    to discuss issues (test sites, procedures, personnel, coordination,
    planning, etc.) for the Directed/Non-Directed Trace Field Study.
    These issues will be addressed at the next meeting with Mr. Roy
    Mason, project lead, for further action. (T. Kraus, AAR-1)

-   **Frontline\'s Computer-Based Training (CBT) System:** Personnel
    from the Technology Transition Program Team are reviewing the final
    version of Frontline\'s CBT System. Once Washington approves this
    system, the Aviation Security Human Factors Program (AAR-510) will
    use this system in the CBT comparison study. (T. Kraus, AAR-1)

-   **Directed and Undirected Trace Field Evaluation Meeting:** A
    representative of the Technology Transition Program met with
    representatives of the Aviation Security Human Factors Program
    (AAR-510) to complete a statement of work for contractor support for
    a field test of directed trace (DT) and undirected trace (UT). The
    DT and UT procedures are being considered as possible techniques for
    screening checked baggage at airport/airline sites in the United
    States that do not have enough passenger traffic to justify
    installation of an Explosives Detection System (EDS) in the
    immediate future. The DT and UT field test will be conducted to
    confirm and expand on the findings of a laboratory test that was
    conducted in December, 1999. The field DT and UT assessment is
    expected to begin in late March at two airport sites. (T. Kraus,
    AAR-1)

-   **Human Factors Briefing:** The Aviation Security Human Factors
    Program (AAR-510) briefed the Security Equipment Integrated Product
    Team (AAR-600) on the Threat Image Projection (TIP) Optimal Study,
    TIP Network issues, and biometrics as a means to log on to TIP
    systems. (T. Kraus, AAR-1)

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-   **REDAC Human Factors Subcommittee:** The Human Factors Subcommittee
    meeting of the Research, Engineering and Development Advisory
    Committee (REDAC) was held at the Human Factors Laboratory in
    Atlantic City, NJ. Dr. Mark Rodgers, the Chief Scientist for Human
    Factors, attended the meeting. Dr. Deborah Boehm-Davis chaired the
    committee. Researchers from the William J. Hughes Technical Center
    presented a comprehensive briefing of the activities performed over
    the past year. A summary of the work program for FY00 was provided.
    REDAC members asked technical questions and seemed very pleased with
    the program and accomplishments. (J. Hall, WJHTC)

-   **DSAR1:** Larry Bailey from the Civil Aviation Medical Institute
    (CAMI) visited the Human Factors Laboratory at the William J. Hughes
    Technical Center to discuss the intra-team communication measures
    taken during the Decision Support Automation Research (DSAR1)
    experiment. The DSAR1 experiment will start on March 13, 2000. (B.
    Willems, WJHTC)

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-   **Human Factors Meetings:** Dr. Dana Broach/CAMI participated in a
    meeting with HumRRO, Inc., in Alexandria, VA, regarding the Variable
    Item Generator (VIGOR) contract. During meetings at FAA
    Headquarters, he briefed the National Black Coalition and Technical
    Women\'s Organization on the Airway Facilities Computerized
    Applicant Pool System and the Basic Electronic Screening Tool
    process and outcomes. He also conducted a BEST Item Sensitivity
    Review. (D. Broach, CAMI)

-   **ADS-B/CDTI Human Factors Working Group:** Dr. Roni Prinzo
    participated in the Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast
    (ADS-B)/Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CDTI) Human Factors
    Working Group meeting. The Honeywell Corporation hosted the meeting
    in Phoenix, AZ. The purpose of the meeting was to review the human
    factors results section of the Operational Evaluation (OpEval) Final
    Report. During that meeting, Dr. Prinzo and Dr. Nadler presented the
    communication and phraseology results. (R. Prinzo, CAMI)

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-   **Safe Flight 21 Human Factors Working Group:** The Safe Flight 21
    Human Factors Working Group met at Honeywell\'s Technology Center in
    Phoenix to discuss the results of the July 10, 1999 operational
    evaluation of the ADS-B /Cockpit Display of Traffic Information. The
    CDTI provides pilots with surveillance information on ADS-B equipped
    aircraft in their vicinity, including flight ID\'s. Representatives
    from the Volpe Center, NASA-Ames, CAMI, MITRE, and the Cargo
    Airlines Association participated. Topics included the effect of
    ADS-B/ CDTI on visual acquisition performance, aircraft spacing,
    controller workload, and pilot use of flight ID phraseology. (D.
    Sussman, Volpe)

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-   **DSR SATORI:** Mr. Dennis Rester conferred with facility and
    contractor personnel at the En Route Air Traffic Control Center in
    Cleveland, OH. Discussions centered on the development of the
    Display System Replacement (DSR) SATORI. (D. Rester, CAMI)

-   **Accident Hearing:** Dr. Tom Nesthus participated as a Human
    Performance Team member in the public hearing that was held in
    Little Rock, AR, for the American Airlines Flight 1420 accident.
    Twenty expert witnesses provided testimony concerning operations,
    meteorology, aircraft performance, airport and aircraft rescue, fire
    fighting, and survival factors. Testimony from the human
    performance-fatigue expert and the tower controller will be gathered
    at another time. (T. Nesthus, CAMI)

# *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 Rodgers

FAA (AAR-100)

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**March 6-8, 2000-** Flight Safety Foundation, 12th Annual European
Aviation Safety Seminar, Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam

***March 7-8, 2000-** 25^th^ Annual FAA Aviation Forecast Conference,
"Aviation 2000", Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC*

**March 28-30, 2000-** 14^th^ Annual Human Factors in Aviation
Maintenance Symposium, "Safety Management: Theory to Practice",
Waterfront Centre Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
<http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/mainten/aarpc/hfiam.htm> e-mail:
<boothbj@tc.gc.ca>

**April 1-6, 2000-** Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems,
"CHI 2000", The Hague, The Netherlands
<http://www.acm.org/sigchi/chi2000> e-mail: <CHI2000-office@acm.org>

**April 11-13, 2000-** Advances in Aviation Safety Conference and
Exposition, Adams Mark Hotel, Daytona Beach, FL
<http://www.sae.org/calendar/aas00tag.htm> email: <jimb@sae.org>

**April 25--27, 2000-** 45th Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar (CASS),
The Adam's Mark Hotel, San Antonio, TX
<http://www.flightsafety.org/cass00_cfp.html>

**May 9-11, 2000-** General Aviation Technology Conference and
Exposition, Century II Convention Center, Wichita, KS
<http://www.sae.org/calendar/gat00/index.htm>

**May 10-12, 2000-** 3rd International Conference on Nonlinear Problems
in Aviation and Aerospace, Daytona Beach, FL
<http://students.db.erau.edu/~siva/conference.html>

**May 15-18, 2000-** 4^th^ Joint DOD/FAA/NASA Conference on Aging
Aircraft, St. Louis, MO
[http://www.aging2000.com](http://www.aging2000.com/)

**June 6-8, 2000-** Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering
(DHM) Conference and Exposition, Hyatt Regency, Dearborn, MI
<http://www.sae.org/calendar/dhm00/index.htm>

**June 13-16, 2000-** 3^rd^ International Air Traffic Management R&D
Seminar, "ATM-2000", Napoli, Italy
[http://atm-seminar-2000.eurocontrol.fr](http://atm-seminar-2000.eurocontrol.fr/)

**June 20-22, 2000-** Threats, Countermeasures, and Situational
Awareness: Teaming for Survivability, The Virginia Beach Pavilion and
Convention Center, Virginia Beach, VA
<http://corp-nt20.nawcad.navy.mil/nawcad/news/sit_aware/2000/>

## **July 30 -- August 4, 2000-** 14th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 44rd Annual Meeting "IEA 2000/HFES 2000", San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina, San Diego, CA [[http://iea2000.hfes.org/]{.underline}](http://hfes.org/Meetings/AM-1999.html)

**August 27-September 1, 2000-** 22^nd^ International Council of the
Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) Congress, Harrogate, UK
<http://www.aiaa.org/calendar/icas00cfp.html>

**October 10-12, 2000-** World Aviation Congress and Exposition, Town
and Country Hotel, San Diego, CA
<http://www.sae.org/calendar/wac00/index.htm>

***October 15-19, 2000-** Human Performance, Situation Awareness &
Automation: User-Centered Design for a New Millennium, Marriott
Riverfront, Savannah, GA <http://www.ie.msstate.edu/hpsaa/index.html>*

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

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