Article
Examination of Factors Related to Pilot Acceptance Behaviors toward the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System in Fighter Aircraft Operations
The International Journal of Aerospace Psychology
(2019)
Abstract
Objective: This research aimed to explore an application of the technology
acceptance model (TAM) to integration of the automatic ground collision
avoidance system (AGCAS) in fighter aircraft operations to gain a better
understanding of the pilots’ acceptance behavior with respect to a highlevel
automated system.
Background: AGCAS has been deployed to prevent loss of F-16 fighters
from ground collision using a high-level automation design capable of
altering the aircraft’s flight control system independent of pilot action.
Understanding pilots’ acceptance behavior with respect to the system
could allow future stakeholders to make reasonable inferences about
some factors that are important to achieving positive pilot acceptance of
highly automated aircraft systems.
Method: Using data from a survey of active-duty U.S. Air Force F-16 operational
fighter pilots (N = 142), an AGCAS-specific TAM was analyzed using
the structural equation modeling method.
Results: This study indicated that perceived ease of use had a significant, but
only medium-sized relationship with perceived usefulness. The other result
was that perceived usefulness has a strong relationship with usage behavior.
Conclusion: This study demonstrated the potential utility of a model for
technology acceptance tailored to explain user acceptance behavior with
respect to a high-level fighter aircraft automated collision avoidance system.
Keywords
- Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System,
- AGCAS,
- Technology Acceptance Model,
- TAM,
- pilot acceptance behavior
Disciplines
Publication Date
2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/24721840.2019.1596745
Citation Information
Casey Richardson, Dothang Truong and WooJin Choi. "Examination of Factors Related to Pilot Acceptance Behaviors toward the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System in Fighter Aircraft Operations" The International Journal of Aerospace Psychology Vol. 29 Iss. 1 (2019) p. 28 - 41 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dtruong/47/