Federal Aviation

Administration

REDAC / NAS Ops 

Tara Holmes, ANG-C1 Acting Division Manager

Bill Kaliardos, ANG-C1, BLI Manager

August 13, 2019

Review of FY 2022 

Proposed Portfolio

Enterprise Human Factors

BLI Number: 1A11B0 
Federal Aviation Enterprise HF Administration

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Enterprise Human Factors

1A11B0

What are the benefits to the FAA

• Human factors provide high-level (enterprise) guidance to assist with the evolution of the NAS 

infrastructure and its workforce

What determines program success

• Successful transition of Human Factors (HF) products to achieve NextGen objectives 

• Early identification of HF opportunities, to minimize a program’s cost, safety and operational 

risks 
Federal Aviation Enterprise HF Administration

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Enterprise Human Factors, 1A11B0

Overview Capabilities

People:

• Program Managers

o Bill Kaliardos

o Sabreena Azam (iTBO Training)

Laboratories:

• William J. Hughes Technical Center (WJHTC)

• MITRE Corporation

• Leidos (in collaboration with AJI)
Federal Aviation Enterprise HF Administration

PBN and Enterprise Human Factors, 

Accomplishments in Current FY

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PBN Human Factors, 1A12B0 (Previous BLI, FY16-17)

• Time/Speed/Spacing Integration

• Recommendations on HF integration for suites of NextGen tools/procedures (vs. individual 

tools), from primarily an ATC HF perspective. Focus was on TBFM utilization as a key 

component in TBO. 

• Established-on-RNP (EoR) HF Implementation Guidance

• Guidance for facilities on EoR implementation, from primarily an ATC HF perspective; data 

collection and validation activities occurred in Houston 

• ATC Skill Degradation from Use of NextGen Tools

• Documentation of potential cognitive skill degradation risks from long-term use of NextGen 

decision support tools. Focus is on subset of Time/Speed/Spacing tools and iTBO. Risk 

mitigations will also be provided.

Enterprise Human Factors, 1A11B0 (Current BLI, FY 18+)

• iTBO Training

• Preliminary analysis report to identify guidance to the curriculum design guide (CDG)
Federal Aviation Enterprise HF Administration

Anticipated Research in FY21 and FY22

Planned Research Activities

• HF integration for full TBO

• HF integration of Cross-domain automation enhancements

• HF integration of Traffic Flow Management concept development 

• HF integration of new PBN procedures

• HF integration and assessment of the traffic manager’s cognitive load as we evolve 

to full TBO

Expected research Products

• All products will involve two parts:

– HF assessments

– HF guidance (enterprise level)

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Federal Aviation Enterprise HF Administration

Emerging FY22 Focal Areas

• Human factors guidance for automation 

enhancement concepts across domains

• Human factors guidance for NAS impacts of 

development and implementation of new 

PBN procedures. 

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Federal Aviation Enterprise HF Administration

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Enterprise HF

FY 2022 Planned Research

Research Requirement Outputs/Outcomes

Out Year Funding Requirements

Products:

Provide integrated enterprise HF guidance to:

• Increase the utilization rate of concepts and systems 

among controllers

• Ensure controller acceptance of concepts and systems

• Increase safety through the mitigation of known human 

factors risks

• Decrease controller workload through improved tools and 

techniques

•HF integration for full TBO

•HF integration of Cross-domain automation enhancements

•HF integration of Traffic Flow Management concept 

development 

•HF integration of new PBN procedures

•HF integration and assessment of the traffic manager’s 

cognitive load as we evolve to full TBO

FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23

$1.5 M $1.5 M $1.5 M $1.5 M $1.5 M

All planned research will include:

• HF Assessments, such as to determine operational 

context, NAS interactions, human actors, human factors 

risks and opportunities

• Enterprise level HF guidance, such as 

design/procedure/training recommendations for programs 

to consider