Designing User-Interfaces for the Cockpit: Five Common Design Errors and How to Avoid Them

Document Number: 2002-01-2968

Date Published: November 2002

Author(s):
Lance Sherry - Honeywell Sperry Comm Flight Systems Gr
Michael Feary - NASA Ames Research Center
Peter Polson - Univ. of Colorado-Boulder

Abstract:
The efficiency and robustness of pilot-automation interaction is a function of the volume of memorized action sequences required to use the automation to perform mission tasks. This paper describes a model of pilot cognition for the evaluation of the cognitive usability of cockpit automation. Five common cockpit automation design errors are discussed with examples.

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