Human Factors in Certification

457 Pages·2000·2.885 MB·\457

by  John A. Wise (Editor), V. David Hopkin (Editor)

Human Factors in Certification
HUMAN FACTORS IN TRANSPORTATION
A Series of Volumes Edited by
Barry H.Kantowitz
Bainbridge • Complex Cognition and the Implications for Design
Barfield/Dingus • Human Factors in Intelligent Transportation Systems
Billings • Aviation Automation: The Search for a Human-Centered Approach
Garland/Wise/Hopkin • Handbook of Aviation Human Factors
Hancock/Desmond • Stress, Workload, and Fatigue
Noy • Ergonomics and Safety of Intelligent Driver Interfaces
O’Neil/Andrews • Aircrew Training and Assessment
Parasuraman/Mouloua • Automation and Human Performance: Theory and
Applications
Wise/Hopkin • Human Factors in Certification
Human Factors
in Certification
Edited by
John A.Wise
V.David Hopkin
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Human factors in certification/edited by John A.Wise and V.David Hopkin.
p. cm. —(Human factors in transportation)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8058-3113-4 (cl: alk. paper)
1. Aeronautics—Human factors. 2. Human engineering. 3. Aircraft
industry—Certification. 4. Aeronautical engineers—Certification. 5.
Nuclear industry—Certification. I. Wise, John A., 1944–. II. Hopkin, V.
David. III. Series.
TL553.6.H8624 1999
629.13–dc21 99–049304
ISBN 1-4106-0483-7 Master e-book ISBN
DEDICATION
To Nancy, Mark, and Suzanne
—John A.Wise
To Betty
—V.David Hopkin
* * *
To all of those who attended
the original Bonas meeting

CONTENTS
Series Foreword xi
Preface xiii
INTRODUCTION
1. Optimizing Human Factors Contributions
V.David Hopkin 3
PHILOSOPHIES OF HUMAN FACTORS CERTIFICATION
2. The Use of the Systems Approach to Certify Advanced
Aviation Technologies
Mark A.Wise
John A.Wise 15
3. The Gains from Certification are in the Process
John R.Wilson 25
4. Certifying Human-Machine Systems
Peter Hancock 39
5. Human Factors Requirements in Commercial Nuclear
Power Plant Control Rooms
Lewis F.Hanes 51
6. A Critical Component for Air Traffic Control Systems
Earl S.Stein 57
7. Certification of Tactics and Strategies in Aviation
Hartmut Koelman 65
PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO HUMAN FACTORS
CERTIFICATION
8. Achieving the Objectives of Certification Through
Validation: Methodological Issues
Paul Stager 91
vii
viii Contents
9. Quality Assurance and Risk Management: Perspectives
on Human Factors Certification of Advanced Aviation
Systems
Robert M.Taylor
Iain S.MacLeod 105
10. Certification of Flight Crews for Advanced Flight Control
Systems
Richard D.Gilson
David W.Abbott 131
11. Certify For Success: A Methodology For Human-
Centered Certification Of Advanced Aviation Systems
Ronald L.Small
Ellen J.Bass 139
SELECTION AND TRAINING
12. Certification of Training
Richard S.Gibson 153
13. Presentation of a Swedish Study Program Concerning
Recruitment, Selection and Training of Student Air Traffic
Controllers: The MRU Project Phase 1
Rune Haglund 159
14. Does Human Cognition Allow Human Factors (HF)
Certification of Advanced Aircrew Systems?
Iain S.MacLeod
Robert M.Taylor 183
PARALLEL VIEWS AND TOPICS
15. Practical Guidelines For Workload Assessment
Andrew J.Tattersall 223
16. Is There A Role For A “Test Controller” In The
Development Of New ATC Equipment?
Ron Westrum 237
Contents ix
17. Towards a Framework of Human Factors Certification of
Complex Human-Machine Systems
Birgit Bukasa 251
REFLECTIONS OF CERTIFICATION IN AVIATION
18. Successful Management of Programs for Human Factors
Certification of Advanced Aviation Technologies
Rod Baldwin 261
19. Evaluation in Context: ATC Automation in the Field
Kelly Harwood
Beverly Sanford 275
20. Integrating Human Factors Knowledge Into Certification:
The Point-of-View of the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO)
Daniel Maurino
Vincent Galotti 295
21. Certification for Civil Flight Decks and the Human-
Computer Interface
A J McClumpha
M Rudisill 315
22. Improving Air Traffic Control by Proving New Tools or by
Approving the Joint Human-Machine System?
Marcel Leroux 335
23. Some Inadequacies of Current Human Factors
Certification Process of Advanced Aircraft Technologies
Jean Pariès 349
ISSUES IN FUTURE DESIGN AND CERTIFICATION OF
COMPLEX SYSTEMS
24. Advanced Automation Glass Cockpit Certification
René Amalberti
F.Wibaux 361