Analysis of the flight task around different types of aircraft

Marie Lacabanne (1, 2) , Franck Amadieu (1) , André Tricot (1) , Nathalie Spanghero-Gaillard (3, 4)

1 CLLE - Cognition, langues, langage, ergonomie
2 Thales Avionics
3 LERASS - Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches Appliquées en Sciences Sociales
4 Octogone - Octogone Unité de Recherche Interdisciplinaire

This paper deals with the first results of a research project on designing the Flight Management System (FMS). These automated systems are complex and may imply wrong comprehension of the situation by the pilots [2, 9, 11, 12]. Interviews of seven pilots were carried out to analyze the main tasks belonging to flight activity and their workload demands. The results are consistent with previous studies, particularly regarding the four meta-tasks (aviate, navigate, communicate and monitor system) and the workload in relation to flight phases (in particular takeoff and landing). Implications on the design of the FMS and further analyses and studies are discussed.

Mots clés: Automation; FMS; flight task; workload

Domaines: Sciences de l'information et de la communication; Education; Linguistique

Marie Lacabanne, Franck Amadieu, André Tricot, Nathalie Spanghero-Gaillard. Analysis of the flight task around different types of aircraft. International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aerospace (HCI-Aero), Sep 2012, Bruxelles, Belgium. ⟨hal-01627366⟩