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Summary
This text discusses the skills and abilities that air-traffic controllers need. Its approach is international as air-traffic control practices throughout the world have to be mutually compatible and agreed. The book aims to include every kind of
Table of Contents
| List of figures | |
| Preface | |
| Historical introduction | p. 1 |
| The air traffic control system | p. 11 |
| The human as a system component | p. 29 |
| Human cognitive capabilities and limitations | p. 43 |
| Matching human and system | p. 71 |
| Human factors contributions during air traffic control system evolution | p. 85 |
| Air traffic control jobs and tasks | p. 105 |
| The selection of controllers | p. 125 |
| The training of controllers | p. 153 |
| The work environment | p. 181 |
| Air traffic control displays | p. 213 |
| Input devices | p. 241 |
| Communications | p. 259 |
| Forms of computer assistance | p. 279 |
| Common human factors implications of computer assistance | p. 307 |
| Effects of the system on the individual controller | p. 329 |
| Conditions of employment | p. 351 |
| Measurement | p. 373 |
| Research and development | p. 409 |
| Human factors implications of other functions related to air traffic control | p. 429 |
| The future | p. 439 |
| List of sources | p. 443 |
| References | p. 447 |
| Index | p. 471 |
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