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Integrating operational and risk information with system risk models in air traffic control

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The next generation Air Transport Management (ATM) requires performance-based safety management that is fully integrated into seamless operational management. To realize this objective, a framework is proposed in this article that structures risk information on ATM consoles in terms of four design principles: (i) integrating operational and safety-related data, (ii) managing interactions and minimizing transfer of risks to other sectors, (iii) generating risk patterns from accumulated experience and (iv) managing resources and safety barriers. The framework is applied to an approach control unit of a regional airport for the design of a performance dashboard that is linked to a safety module for managing hazards and safety barriers. In this sense, safety management is not an additional task to normal operations since risk information is integrated with operational data on a daily basis. Furthermore, the safety module combines traditional elements of bow-ties with new safety indices such as complexity metrics and risk patterns.

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Acknowledgements

This research was carried out as part of the PROSPERO project (Grant agreement No 314822 of Horizon 2020) in the period October 2012–2015. The prototypes of the ATM displays have been designed by Tim Kelley and Tony Nugent (Corbalis, Ireland) in accordance with the specifications provided by the authors. We would like to thank all the air traffic controllers for participating in the simulator session and the design review session.

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  1. Department of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece

    Tom Kontogiannis

  2. Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority, Rhodes/Diagoras Int. Airport, Rhodes, Greece

    Stathis Malakis

  3. Centre for Innovative Human Systems, Trinity Dublin College, Dublin, Ireland

    Nick McDonald

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Kontogiannis, T., Malakis, S. & McDonald, N. Integrating operational and risk information with system risk models in air traffic control. Cogn Tech Work 19, 345–361 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-017-0409-3

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