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Air traffic controllers (ATCOs) are one kinds of key personnel for aviation safety. They often accept training for learning new knowledge and skills of advanced technologies related on aviation safety. The aim of this study was to learn the age effect on the perception, mood and fatigue of ATCOs for learning. An investigation with 3 × 2 levels of two factors including load of training and age on simulators was carried out at one training center in China. 234 effective questionnaires (78 person times) were collected and analyzed with statistical methods. Results of Pearson correlation test showed that ATCOs’ perception had correlativity with their mood and their fatigue. Results of repeated measure variance analysis showed that the accumulation of load of training led to ATCOs perception decreased, mood worse, and fatigue increased very significantly. The results also showed that the age effect was significant to ATCOs’ perception, mood and fatigue, and the elder ATCOs were easier to feel perception decreased, mood worse, and fatigue than the younger ones. These results indicated that it was more difficult for elder ATCOs to learn new knowledge and skills. And the results promote to give more help to the elder ATCOs for their training on new knowledge and skills.
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We would like to thank all air traffic controllers who participated in this study. This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22074157 and No. 52072406), Safety Foundation of Civil Aviation Administration of China (No. [2021]89) and Chengdu Science and Technology Project (2020-XT00-00001-GX).
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Chen, Z., Zhang, J., Shan, H., Chen, Y., Hu, P., Tian, X. (2022). The Effect of Age on Mental Status of Air Traffic Controllers During Intensive Simulation Training. In: Kurosu, M., et al. HCI International 2022 - Late Breaking Papers. Design, User Experience and Interaction. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13516. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17615-9_37
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