scenes like this seem to nominate
television newsrooms and newspaper
headlines
statistics show that 60 to 80 of all
aircraft accidents are caused by human
error unfortunately air space like our
freeways is becoming crowded
a new nasa flight simulation laboratory
called the manned vehicle systems
research facility at the ames research
center is addressing human factors
issues which relate to pilot and true
performance errors
the facility in mountain view california
houses the most realistic commercial
transport boeing 727 aircraft simulation
system in the world as well as an
advanced simulator being used to test
and develop the cockpits of the next
generation commercial aircraft
facility manager bob scheiner talks
about the boeing 727 cab
to do human factors we found that we
have to create a
full mission environment we have to give
the pilot
exactly the same
the same scenario he's exposed to in the
real world otherwise he believes he's in
the simulator in a box but if we provide
all the cues that he finds in the real
world
then we found that he'll behave the same
way psychologically and that's what
we're studying
fire
essential check
we'll be back
video cameras and voice recorders
document the physical behavior of the
pilot and other participants in the
simulation
the principal investigator can monitor
every aspect of the simulation from
instrument settings to tracking the
pilot's eye movements
topics such as wind shear pilot workload
jet lag and fatigue are currently slated
for study
senior scientist dr charles billings
the fire
or indeed any other malfunction
is simply a way of causing the pilot to
have to
do some sort of decision making and some
sort of behavior
that he does not normally have to do
in the course of routine flying and it's
the mechanisms of that behavior that we
are really studying
to try to help you
and uh all flight crew members do a
better job of decision making under
difficult circumstances
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the advanced concept simulator is a tool
for designing the cockpits of the future
the hope is to replace many of the
switches and dials found in today's
aircraft with less cluttered instrument
panels that are easier to use and can
monitor aircraft functions better
that's a manned vehicle systems research
facility solving in-flight human factors
problems have to take without leaving
the ground