Panel 1: What Space could bring to Aeronautics on Crew-Ground Integration
Wednesday 3 November 2010 — 11:00-12:30
Moderator: Guy A. Boy, FIT, IHMC and NASA, U.S.A.
Panelists:
Space. Gerald “Gerry” Griffin, former Director of NASA JSC and Flight Director Apollo manned missions, U.S.A.
Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, Ph.D., geologist, pilot, Apollo 17 Astronaut, and U.S. Senator
Aeronautics. Nigel Makins, EUROCONTROL, SESAR-NextGen Liaison at FAA, former Air Traffic Controller, France
Jean-Philippe Ramu, Ph.D., Professional Pilot, Military Pilot and Cognitive Engineering Specialist, Switzerland
Douglas Glussich, Airline Pilot, Air Canada, and Human Factors Specialist, Canada
ABSTRACT
Apollo missions, landing on the Moon and returning safe to the Earth, are great examples of successful crew-ground integration. Today, both NextGen and SESAR programs struggle to define and develop a safe air-ground integration. Air and space are different domains, but they have a lot in common to address the question: What Space could bring to Aeronautics on crew-ground integration? What is different? What can be transferred? Since HCI-Aero advocates user participation in the design process, it is fitting that we should devote time during the conference to soliciting feedback from both air/space and ground operational experts. This panel will provide an opportunity for the panelists and conference attendees to cross-fertilize both air and space human-centered design. Panelists will also raise broader issues about the long-term direction on crew-ground integration.
OVERVIEW
The aviation world is a set of communities that barely meet, such as pilots, air traffic controllers, aeronautical engineers, airlines and corporate jet organizations, airworthiness authorities and son on. Demand and capacity in today’s air transportation system are not always balanced. Authority is now redefined and shared among a set of airspace actors. New crew-ground integration requirements appear to be crucial such as planning and flexibility, in order to increase capacity, safety and efficiency without negatively impacting airspace actors’ resources or workload.
In this panel, the claim is that space can bring valuable solutions to aeronautics to successfully achieve this crew-ground integration objective. Panelist from space world will bring their experience and suggestions. Panelists from aeronautical world will discuss these proposals with respect their experience and propose their own views.
This panel will attempt to provide just such a forum, where attendees may engage in an “open forum” discussion of the larger issues involved in crew-ground integration and related human-centered design issues.
