Peter G. Higgins
Yakubu Ibrahim
ABSTRACT
In a Free Flight Environment, pilots are delegated the authority to choose the flight paths, maintain spatial separation and consider environmental conditions with minimum intervention from Air Traffic Controllers. These factors constitute new tasks for pilots, which otherwise would be performed by Air Traffic Control. To maintain separation of aircraft, pilots are reliant on spatial awareness in controlling basic flight parameters such as speed, heading and altitude.
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Index Terms
- Flight Collision Avoidance System for Self-Separation
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