Culture and the Management of Advanced Automation: An Analysis of Two Airlines

<p>The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between National, Organizational and Professional Cultures and the attitudes toward managing advanced automation among the flightcrew of two international airlines. The Flight Management Attitudes Questionnaire developed by the University of Texas was utilized to determine the attitudes and perceptions held by airline pilots of various nationalities who fly late model Airbus and Boeing airliners. A census survey was conducted at the crew bases of the two airlines, one in the Middle East and other in South Asia. A total of 230 completed surveys were received. Chi Square analysis was used to establish significance between the different variables. The results show that national culture as well as age, rank, aircraft type, training, and levels of computer literacy, have a profound effect on the strategies and approaches used by pilots of the survey sample in managing automation.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Aeronautical Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - Open Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Aeronautical Science

Year

1999

Author dc:creator

• Ratwatte, Surendra Cudah

Contributors dc:contributor

• Thorsten G. Hisam
• James Blanchard

• airlines
• advanced automation
• Airbus
• Boeing
• Aviation
• Management and Operations

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.erau.edu/db-theses/236

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.erau.edu:db-theses-1245