How can we integrate the human within the complex aviation system in a way that performance of both the human and system is optimized based on their combined strengths? And how to maintain the human in command accountable and responsible for system performance and safety while managing the ever-increasing amount of information streaming to the cockpit from both on-board and off-board sensors? These are all deep questions recently discussed in a webinar to present a new white paper entitled “The Human Dimension in Tomorrow’s Aviation System” by the Chartered Institute of Ergonomic and Human Factors.
The paper aims to elevate aviation safety standards by pushing the boundaries of our thinking about how human factors contribute to the complex aviation system. The centerpiece of the paper is a set of invited, concise editorials containing the vision of 15 thought leaders from prominent aviation organizations, showing how they believe aviation evolution will unfold in the next 30 years in line with advances in artificial intelligence.
The paper concludes that the human will still play a key role in aviation in the next 30 years in ensuring system performance and safety, albeit there will be changes, and there is plenty of room for automation and AI support or augmentation. The amount of work required to move towards level 5 automation shows just how good humans are at what they do thanks to their flexibility, adaptability, and common sense. This is likely to remain so for some time. However, advancing technology does mean we should explore ways to augment human performance and seek better human-machine partnerships.
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