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Pre-Study Walkthrough with a Commercial Pilot for a Preliminary Single Pilot Operations Experiment

O'Connor-Dreher, Ryan·Roberts, Z.·Ziccardi, J.·Vu, K-P. L.·Strybel, T.·Koteskey, Robert William·Lachter, Joel B.·Vi Dao, Quang·Johnson, Walter W.·Battiste, V.
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The number of crew members in commercial flights has decreased to two members, down from the five-member crew required 50 years ago. One question of interest is whether the crew should be reduced to one pilot. In order to determine the critical factors involved in safely transitioning to a single pilot, research must examine whether any performance deficits arise with the loss of a crew member. With a concrete understanding of the cognitive and behavioral role of a co-pilot, aeronautical technologies and procedures can be developed that make up for the removal of the second aircrew member. The current project describes a pre-study walkthrough process that can be used to help in the development of scenarios for testing future concepts and technologies for single pilot operations. Qualitative information regarding the tasks performed by the pilots can be extracted with this technique and adapted for future investigations of single pilot operations.

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O'Connor-Dreher, Ryan, Roberts, Z., Ziccardi, J., Vu, K-P. L., Strybel, T., Koteskey, Robert William, Lachter, Joel B., Vi Dao, Quang, Johnson, Walter W., Battiste, V.. 2013-07-21. Pre-Study Walkthrough with a Commercial Pilot for a Preliminary Single Pilot Operations Experiment. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20140010617

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