An examination of selected datacom options for the near-term implementation of trajectory based operations

Author

Johnson, Walter W. ; Brandt, Summer L. ; Koteskey, Robert ; Lachter, Joel ; Dao, Arik-Quang V. ; Battiste, Vernol ; Ligda, Sarah V. ; Lim, Veranika ; Wu, Shu-Chieh

fYear

2011

fDate

16-20 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

27

Abstract

Examination of selected Datacom options for the near-term implementation of trajectory based operations is performed and following conclusions have been withdrawn: (1) For controllers- (a) ACARS Conformance as good as FANS or Voice (b) ACARS Workload as good as FANS or Voice (c) ACARS ratings as good as FANS or Voice (2) For Pilots-(a) Datacom ratings suffer due to controller responsiveness (b) ACARS ratings suffer due to text input. Data suggest ways to improve procedures (1) Better conformance- (a) Automating updates of trajectory in HOST after a maneuver (b) Standardized procedure with controller always uplinking trajectory (2) Better pilot acceptance- (1) Use voice for initial request then uplink trajectory (gets more timely replies and avoids input workload).

Keywords

air traffic control; ACARS conformance; ACARS rating; ACARS workload; Datacom rating; HOST trajectory; controller responsiveness; near-term implementation; pilot acceptance; selected datacom option; text input; trajectory based operation; uplink trajectory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2011 IEEE/AIAA 30th

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

2155-7195

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-797-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.2011.6096233

Filename

6096233