Review of FAA and NASA Human Factors Research
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report that explores the extent to which the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) human factors research is coordinated and supports NextGen.
The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) will transform the current radar-based air traffic control system into a satellite-based system. According to the GAO, 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.
This Summary Last Modified On: 4/22/2011