A closer look at automation behavior during a human-in-the-loop simulation

• How did the controllers resolve the conflicts? — For conflicts involving transitioning aircraft, controllers more often maneuvered the transitioning aircraft — In NextGen time-frames where it was possible to send trajectory changes via Data Comm, the controllers more often maneuvered the equipped aircraft • How did the automation resolve the conflicts? — As designed and configured… • How did the controllers work with the automation in resolving conflicts? — Differently, in two aspects: • Controllers´ time of first action was earlier than the automation´s • Controllers issued more altitude maneuvers than the automation • Next steps and future work: — Also analyze ‘the process’ — Categorize actions through all possible combinations across all layers — Continue to improve our understanding of the conflict-resolution task, perhaps leading to… • More useful, better accepted decision-support tools • Automation whose logic uses ‘context-dependent’ criteria