How Pilots’ Professional Ability Influences Their Workload in Simulated DPO and SPO Task

Ruiyuan Hong; Yu Tian; Mingqian Gao; Shan Gao; Lei Wang

doi:10.65351/hsi24.016

Abstract

To ascertain the psychological factors needed for the pilots in SPO (single pilot operations) crew configuration, a study investigated the effects of professional ability on pilots’ workload in a simulated DPO (dual pilot operations) and SPO task. 46 pilots performed approaches with low visibility using a B737 full flight simulator in DPO and SPO crew configuration respectively, and their workload measured by NASA-TLX. A pilot’s psychological competency measurement tool was used to collect pilots’ professional ability data. The results showed that there were significant differences detected in crew configuration regarding workload and relative indexes. Mostly, the workload in the SPO crew configuration was higher than it was in the DPO crew configuration. Meanwhile, in DPO crew configuration, as the Pilot Flying (PF), better teamwork ability was significantly correlated with a worse self-evaluated performance. In SPO crew configuration, spatial orientation ability was negatively correlated with the mental demand index and physical demand index but positively correlated with the performance index (all ps<0.05). These findings contribute to the selection of pilots working in future SPO aircraft while demonstrating the practical application value of the pilots’ psychological competency measurement tool in safeguarding SPO flight safety.

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@inproceedings{hong2024,
  author = {Hong, Ruiyuan and Tian, Yu and Gao, Mingqian and Gao, Shan
    and Wang, Lei},
  editor = {Masson, Dimitri},
  publisher = {INCOSE},
  title = {How {Pilots’} {Professional} {Ability} {Influences} {Their}
    {Workload} in {Simulated} {DPO} and {SPO} {Task}},
  booktitle = {Proceedings International Conference on Human Systems
    Integration},
  volume = {3},
  date = {2024-08-29},
  url = {https://hsi-wg.github.io/conferences/HSI2024/proceedings/how-pilots-professional-ability-influences-their-workload-in-simulated-dpo-and-spo-task.html},
  doi = {10.65351/hsi24.016},
  langid = {en},
  abstract = {To ascertain the psychological factors needed for the
    pilots in SPO (single pilot operations) crew configuration, a study
    investigated the effects of professional ability on pilots’ workload
    in a simulated DPO (dual pilot operations) and SPO task. 46 pilots
    performed approaches with low visibility using a B737 full flight
    simulator in DPO and SPO crew configuration respectively, and their
    workload measured by NASA-TLX. A pilot’s psychological competency
    measurement tool was used to collect pilots’ professional ability
    data. The results showed that there were significant differences
    detected in crew configuration regarding workload and relative
    indexes. Mostly, the workload in the SPO crew configuration was
    higher than it was in the DPO crew configuration. Meanwhile, in DPO
    crew configuration, as the Pilot Flying (PF), better teamwork
    ability was significantly correlated with a worse self-evaluated
    performance. In SPO crew configuration, spatial orientation ability
    was negatively correlated with the mental demand index and physical
    demand index but positively correlated with the performance index
    (all ps\textless0.05). These findings contribute to the selection of
    pilots working in future SPO aircraft while demonstrating the
    practical application value of the pilots’ psychological competency
    measurement tool in safeguarding SPO flight safety.}
}

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Hong, Ruiyuan, Yu Tian, Mingqian Gao, Shan Gao, and Lei Wang. 2024. “How Pilots’ Professional Ability Influences Their Workload in Simulated DPO and SPO Task.” In Proceedings International Conference on Human Systems Integration, edited by Dimitri Masson. Vol. 3. INCOSE. https://doi.org/10.65351/hsi24.016.