Next Generation Air Transportation System : FAA and NASA have improved human factors research coordination, but stronger leadership needed : report to the Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Contributor:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Federal Aviation Administration--Rules and practice.

United States.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Rules and practice.

United States. Federal Aviation Administration.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Aeronautics and state--United States.

Aeronautics and state.

Air traffic control--United States--Automation.

Air traffic control.

Aeronautics, Commercial--United States.

Aeronautics, Commercial.

Air traffic control--Automation.

Genre:

Rules and practice.

Rules.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 29 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

FAA and NASA have improved human factors research coordination, but stronger leadership needed

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2010]

Summary:

To address challenges to the aviation industry's economic health and safety, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is collaborating with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other federal partners to plan and implement the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). NextGen will transform the current radar-based air traffic control system into a satellite-based system. Pilot and air traffic controller roles and responsibilities are expected to become more automated, thereby requiring an understanding of human factors, which studies how humans' abilities, characteristics, and limitations interact with the design of the equipment they use, environments in which they function, and jobs they perform. FAA and NASA are tasked with incorporating human factors issues into NextGen. As requested, this report discusses the extent to which FAA's and NASA's human factors research (1) is coordinated and (2) supports NextGen. To address these issues, GAO reviewed coordination mechanisms and planning documents and synthesized the views of nine aviation human factors experts. FAA should (1) create a coordination plan and (2) give priority to filling vacant leadership positions and provide the positions with authority for prioritizing human factors.

Notes:

Title from PDF title screen (GAO, viewed June 29, 2011).

"August 2010."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-10-824."

OCLC:

741520225