Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-31-2023
Abstract
The future airspace system is envisioned to include urban air mobility enabled by new types of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for transporting passengers and cargo quickly and safely. Success will depend, in part, on the design and operation of vertiports, that like airports and heliports, will enable these aircraft to transfer passengers and cargo, land, recharge and takeoff. Human factors need to be considered in these designs with humans in the role of vertiport operators. Requirements for arrival, surface, and departure traffic and the interaction of the human operators with increasingly autonomous aircraft and decision support systems have to be determined. A proof-of-concept simulation with a prototype workstation called the Vertiport-Human Automation Teaming Toolbox, employing arrival scheduling automation, highlights human-system interaction considerations. Needs for further research are identified for improving the understanding of human teaming with machine agents for integrated arrival, surface, and departure management.
Repository Citation
Krois, P.,
Block, J.,
Cobb, P.,
Chatterji, G.,
Kurian, C.,
Wei, P.,
& Chen, S.
(2023). Development of a Prototype Vertiport Human Automation Teaming Toolbox for Urban Air Mobility. 22nd International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, 44.
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