Published Report (DOT/FAA/CT-94-36)

2.3.6 Site Coordinators.
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A site coordinator was assigned to each flight simulator location
to coordinate efforts with the test director at the FAA Technical
Center and to support pilots during their participation in the
simulation. Site coordinators acted as observers and did not aid
the aircrews during their approaches. Their responsibilities
included briefing aircrews, providing pilots with flight
information prior to each approach, documenting approach
information, and administering questionnaires to the pilots.
2.3.7 Fliuht Simulator Pilots.
Sixty current air carrier and air taxi pilots were assigned to
fly the flight simulators. Two pilots were assigned to each
flight simulator during each run of the simulation. Pilots
rotated between roles (i.e., captain, first officer, observer)
throughout the day.
2.4 SIMULATION PROCEDURES.
The simulation was conducted November 18 through November 20 and
November 30 through December 17, 1992. Three, 2-hour runs were
scheduled for each day. During the final week of the simulation,
an additional l-hour run was conducted daily. Practice trials
were scheduled for the entire first run on November 18 and the
first hour of the first run on November 30 to acquaint
controllers with the displayed triple approach operations and the
radar/FMA configuration. Runs were not scheduled for Saturdays
and Sundays.
Controllers staffed their positions and issued appropriate
control instructions to maintain separation between blundering
and evading aircraft. With the exception of the pilots of
blundering aircraft during no-response blunders, pilots would
verbally respond and comply as instructed. Aircraft that
blundered, or were vectored off their ILS as a result of a
blunder, were removed from the traffic.
3. DATA ANALYSIS.
This section discusses the various qualitative and descriptive
statistical approaches that were used to analyze the DIA
simulation data.
3.1 DATA COLLECTION.
The controllers‘ ability to resolve blunders, including factors
that potentially affected their performance, was examined using
descriptive statistical and qualitative analyses. Data files
included the following:
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