PhD student

Resistance to ATM automation: defining the threshold where operator support turns into resistance. An increased use of automation within the ATM environment is seen to be one possible enabler for a signifcant capacity increase of the ATM system. However, often automated tools and systems are rejected by the Air Traffic Controllers unwillingness to cooperate with it.

This research aims at understanding and defining the threshold along the automation dimensions "decision selection" and "action implementation", where the the support of the operators tips into skepticism and refusal to colaborate with it.

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