摘要: The Separation Management Project is part of the Federal Aviation Administrations (FAA) Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Plan. Human factors researchers from the FAAs William J. Hughes Technical Center conducted... 展开 The Separation Management Project is part of the Federal Aviation Administrations (FAA) Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Plan. Human factors researchers from the FAAs William J. Hughes Technical Center conducted a human-in-the-loop simulation to investigate variable lateral separation standards in the en route environment. Twelve Certified Professional Controllers participated in the study. We simulated reduced separation requirements (i.e., 3 miles) using a single sensor radar site adaptation as well as for aircraft with either Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast or Performance-Based Navigation equipment. We simulated increased separation (i.e., 10 miles) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. In addition, we simulated variable wake turbulence separation requirements for the Airbus 380 and Very Light Jets. We also developed a set of support tools to assist the controllers in using the variable separation procedures. We identified several human factors issues, and the results are discussed in terms of the automation requirements necessary to support the variable separation concept. 收起