Reports
Two-Sense Worth
An Investigation of Sensory Information, Levels of Automation, and Piloting Experience on Unmanned Aircraft Pilot Performance
Williams, Kevin W. U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI). DOT/FAA/AM-12/4, March 2012. 21 pp. www.faa.gov/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/2010s/media/201204.pdf.
“Research looking at UAS [unmanned aircraft system] accident causal factors has suggested that sensory deficiencies have played a role in UAS accidents,” the report says. That is, a lack of sensory information provided by the system contributed to some pilot mismanagement of UAS flight.
The experiment described in the report sought to investigate the role of sensory information, particularly as it affected pilot response to system failures, as …
