Workload Issues in Military Tactical Airlift
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The International Journal of Aviation Psychology
- Vol. 12 (1) , 79-93
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327108ijap1201_7
Abstract
Military airlift is following the trend in commercial aviation to 2-pilot flightdecks with significant levels of automation. A critical issue is whether the reduced crew can handle the workload involved in military tactical missions, which have many high workload elements the crew do not encounter in the commercial aviation environment. This article outlines a workload assessment strategy based on direct measures of aircrew and mission performance, aircrew subjective evaluations of workload, and psychophysiological indexes and describes its application to tactical airlift missions. The article discusses significant workload challenges one must address in the transition to 2-pilot tactical airlift.Keywords
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