Function key and shortcut key use in airway facilities.

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• Creators:
  Ahlstrom, Vicki ; Muldoon, Robert
• Corporate Creators:
  Northrop Grumman Corporation. Information Systems Sector ; William J. Hughes Technical Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Human Factors Research and Engineering Division
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air traffic controllers
  • Aviation
  • Computer aided instruction
  • Data collection
  • Manuals
  • Software maintenance
  • Air traffic controllers
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/CT-TN03/07
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  William J. Hughes Technical Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  This document provides information on the function keys and shortcut keys used by systems in the Federal Aviation Administration ; Airway Facilities (AF) work environment. It includes a catalog of the function keys and shortcut keys used by each system and the ; associated functionality. Researchers collected these data through analysis of software specifications, computer-based instruction ; manuals, and field site visits. They extracted human factor guidelines relevant to function key and shortcut key use from human factors ; guidelines and the research literature. Researchers also collected information on function key and shortcut key use by commercial ; applications to extract what amounts to de facto industry standards for function key and shortcut key use. The researchers compared ; current function key and shortcut key use across systems in the AF operational environment. They also compared current AF use of ; function keys and shortcut keys against human factors guidelines and de facto industry standards. Based on this evaluation, the ; researchers found little consistency in the assignment of functions to function keys and shortcut keys among different AF systems. The ; researchers make recommendations toward improving consistency and usability of function keys and shortcut keys in the AF ; environment.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16725/dot_16725_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 324.86 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d0023cac59cb549545c91b8919f8419710004fb2f77dea9407a646b937486254