The Difference between Pilot’s Stress Workload and Personality Trait during Landing Phase with Flight Simulator

• Main Authors: Yen-Chuan Hsu, 許炎泉
• Other Authors: Tzai-Zang Lee
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/30827478728356191102

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 工業與資訊管理學系專班 === 94 === Flight is the three-dimensional motion which differs from human normal movement. It must monitor the environment changing and complex flight control system in all the time. The pilot experienced lots of mental workload in the routine flight. Upon emergency situation, the load became more and more. If the pilot could not handle properly, it would cause the flight accident. The domestic and foreign statistic data indicated that landing is the major phase which occurs an accident during the flight. So, the purpose in this study is to research 1) the pilot encounter factor (various environments, sudden event etc.) during landing phase, 2) the pilot bear the stress load and 3) personal difference. This study focused thirty two male pilots volunteered on the Air Force in-service. First, adopt 3 factor fixed effects model design, the environmental factors including visibility, crosswind and unexpected events by means of the simulator to duplicate flight situation. Electrocardiogram was recorded continuously during the experiment. And, using both physiological and multidimensional subjective-ratings measurements (heart rate and NASA Task Load Index, respectively), it explored the difference about the stress load during landing phase with three-way analysis of variance model. Second, it concluded the pilots’ personality traits trend according to Big-Five personality trait model and analyzed the stress load and personality traits difference during landing phase with one-way and two-way analysis of variance model. This result presented that Surgency and Conscientiousness are the high ratio in the service pilot personality traits. When encountering the sudden event and landing the operation, the pilots have the Surgency and Conscientiousness traits were no significance on mental workload. Effort, mental demand, and performance are valuably the important results in the NASA Task Load Index assessment. It performed the landing operation using Instrument Landing System during the landing phase, and crosswind and sudden event would be the main effect which caused the pilot mental workload difference in NASA Task Load Index and heart rate.