NPR says: Expert: Wayward Flight Shows Risks Of Automation
As aviation consultant Michael Goldfarb tells NPR’s Renee Montagne, it’s still very safe to fly. The problem, he says, is that pilots are now more susceptible to boredom and fatigue.
“There’s so much automation in the cockpit that, literally, an aircraft taking off from Los Angeles and landing in New York can have very little attendance by the crew,” says Goldfarb, a former chief of staff at the Federal Aviation Administration.
In fact, there was a panel discussion at the recent 2009 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society annual meeting called “Current Concepts and Trends in Human-Automation Interaction.” What did Dietrich Manzey of the Berlin Institute of Technology speak on?
Automation-Induced Complacency: A Controversial Concept of Human-Automation Interaction
Complacency induced by automation, eh? Sounds… familiar.
Here is a copy of the conference proceedings paper for more information: Conference Proceedings
