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Exit Survey
 
 
Please select your position for this run
 
Apache - North Feeder - P50 206
 
Freeway - North Approach - P50 205
 
Verde - South Approach - P50 204
 
Quartz - South Feeder - P50 203
 
 
 
Which run was this?
 
Run 1
 
Run 2
 
Run 3
 
Run 4
 
Run 5
 
Run 6
 
Run 7
 
Run 8
 
Run 9
 
Run 10
 
Run 11
 
Run 12
 
Run 13
 
Run 14
 
Run 15
 
Run 16
 
Run 17
 
Run 18
 
 
 
Was there an off-nominal event in this scenario?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
What type(s) of off-nominal event(s) were in the scenario? (select all that apply)
 
Go around
 
Pop up aircraft
 
Runway change
 
Priority aircraft
 
Scheduled internal departure
 
Swap
 
Independent to staggered runway change
 
Future runway spacing matrix change
 
Reroute to other meter fix

 
 
How disruptive to your work flow was the go around event?
Not at all disruptiveExtremely disruptive
Disruptiveness
-
 
 
 
Please describe your strategy for managing the go around event in this run.
   
 
 
 
How long did it take you to resolve the go around event, including bringing all the aircraft affected by it back into nominal operations?
   
 
 
Were the TSS tools helpful to you when you were managing the aircraft go around problem?
Not at all helpfulVery helpful
Tool helpfulness
-
 
 
 
Why were the TSS tools not helpful / interfered with your efforts to resolve the go around event?
   
 
 
 
Which TSS tools did you use to help you resolve the go around event? (please select all that apply)
 
Timeline
 
Slot marker
 
Early / late indicator
 
Speed advisory
 
Other:

 
 
How disruptive to your work flow was the pop up aircraft event?
Not at all disruptiveExtremely disruptive
Disruptiveness
-
 
 
 
Please describe your strategy for managing the pop up aircraft event in this run.
   
 
 
 
How long did it take you to resolve the pop up aircraft event, including bringing all the aircraft affected by it back into nominal operations?
   
 
 
Were the TSS tools helpful to you when you were managing the pop up aircraft problem?
Not at all helpfulVery helpful
Tool helpfulness
-
 
 
 
Why were the TSS tools not helpful / interfered with your efforts to resolve the pop up aircraft event?
   
 
 
 
Which TSS tools did you use to help you resolve the pop up aircraft event? (please select all that apply)
 
Timeline
 
Slot marker
 
Early / late indicator
 
Speed advisory
 
Other:

 
 
How disruptive to your work flow was the runway change event?
Not at all disruptiveExtremely disruptive
Disruptiveness
-
 
 
 
Please describe your strategy for managing the runway change event in this run.
   
 
 
 
How long did it take you to resolve the runway change event, including bringing all the aircraft affected by it back into nominal operations?
   
 
 
Were the TSS tools helpful to you when you were managing the runway change problem?
Not at all helpfulVery helpful
Tool helpfulness
-
 
 
 
Why were the TSS tools not helpful / interfered with your efforts to resolve the runway change event?
   
 
 
 
Which TSS tools did you use to help you resolve the runway change event? (please select all that apply)
 
Timeline
 
Slot marker
 
Early / late indicator
 
Speed advisory
 
Other:

 
 
Please rate the following based on when you were busiest during this run:
0100
Mental Demand
-
Physical Demand
-
Time Pressure
-
Performance
-
Frustration
-
Effort
-
 
 
 
What types of unplanned events caused your workload to increase from your normal load in this run? (select all that apply)
 
Sim equipment issues (e.g., trackball freeze)
 
Pilot confusion over clearances
 
Pilot errors
 
Handoff problems
 
STARS issues (e.g., a hardware malfunction like screen flicker)
 
TSS tools issues (e.g., slot marker, speed advisory glitches)
 
Procedure violations
 
Conformance issues
 
Scenario issues
 
None
 
Other:

 
 
How achievable was the schedule (getting the target in the center of the slot marker) in this run?:
Not at all achievableVery achievable
STA Achievability
-
 
 
 
Why was the schedule (getting the target in the center of the slot marker) hard to achieve?
   
 
 
How achievable was organizing the traffic to ensure all aircraft maintained separation and were delivered to the runway as efficiently as possible?
Very achievableNot at all achievable
Achievability of Traffic Organization
-
 
 
 
Why was the traffic organization hard to achieve?
   
 
 
 
Were there any altitude constraints at waypoints in your sector, on the STARs (e.g., BRUSR, EAGUL, HYDRR, PINNG), that you noticed the aircraft violated?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
* Please say which waypoints had altitude constraints violated:
   
 
 
 
Were there any speed constraints at waypoints in your sector, on the STARs (e.g., BRUSR, EAGUL, HYDRR, PINNG), that you noticed the aircraft violated?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Please specify which waypoints had speed constraints violated:
   
 
 
Please indicate how realistic the speed clearances you have been issuing today are (for their location / altitude on the STAR
Very realisticNot at all realistic
Speed Clearance Realism
-
 
 
How manageable was the delay in the schedule?
Not at all manageableVery Manageable
Schedule Delay
-
 
 
 
Was the delay in the schedule evenly distributed?
 
Yes, delay was evenly distributed
 
No, delay size varied across the run (not evenly distributed)
 
 
 
Please describe the way in which the delay was unevenly divided among your flow of aircraft :
   
 
 
 
Which type or group of aircraft were delayed more than the others?
 
Jets
 
Turbo-props
 
Aircraft coming from the west
 
Aircraft coming from the east
 
Aircraft coming from local airports
 
Aircraft at the beginning of the run
 
Aircraft at the end of the run
 
 
Did the (lack of) manageability of your delay make any difference to how useful the TSS tools are?
Much less usefulMore more useful
Slot marker
-
Timeline
-
Speed advisories
-
Early /late indicators
-
 
 
How easy to manage was the mix of traffic with different equippage (RPA and RNAV aircraft, jets and turboprops/ pistons)?
Not at all managealbeVery easy to manage
Managing RNP & RNAV aircraft
-
Managing jets & turboprops
-
 
 
Please rate the level at which you monitored the RNP (RPA) aircraft compared to the other aircraft you worked.
Monitored Much lessMonitored Much More
RNP Monitoring
-
 
 
 
How often did you have to vector an RNP (RPA) aircraft just prior to its RF turn because it was not established on its RNP route?
 
Never
 
Once
 
2 to 4 times
 
5 to 10 times
 
More than 10 times
 
 
 
Did you modify your plans for non-RNP (RNAV) aircraft to give the cleared RNP (RPA) aircraft priority?
 
Never
 
Once
 
2 to 4 times
 
5 to 10 times
 
More than 10 times
 
 
 
Why did you modify your plans to give preference to the RNP (RPA) aircraft? (Please choose all that apply)
 
To reduce my workload
 
To reduce other TRACON controllers' workload
 
To smooth the flow
 
To keep the RNP aircraft on schedule
 
Other:
 
 
 
Was the ATC system today safe, as it is represented here in the lab with TSS tools?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Did the TSS tools function adequately, so that you had tolerable workload?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Given that you think the TSS tools' performance was not adequate: Were the ATC operations controllable? (Please choose one of the following)
 
Barely controllable, needs extreme amounts of controller intervention
 
Marginally controllable, needs considerable controller intervention
 
Controllable, needs some controller intervention
 
 
 
Please describe why you felt the ATM system here was only barely or marginally controllable.
   
 
 
 
Do you think the performance of the TSS tools was satisfactory without substantial improvement?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
How much did you have to compensate for the TSS tools to make the ATC operations work? (In these situations, "compensate" means how much did you have to work to counterbalance or offset less desirable actions from the tools?) (please choose only one of the following)
 
Extensive controller compensation required to attain adequate performance
 
Considerable controller compensation required to attain adequate performance
 
Moderate controller compensation required to maintain adequate performance
 
 
 
How close to a desired level of performance were the TSS tools in this run? (Please choose only one of the following)
 
Moderate controller compensation required to reach desired performance
 
Minimal controller compensation required to reach desired performance
 
Desired ATC operations with no controller correction
 
 
 
Please describe any events you saw in this scenario that were unsafe.
   
 
 
Please rate the acceptability of the following.
Not at all acceptableVery acceptable
TSS Operations
-
ATC Operations
-
 
 
Please rate the following statements, thinking of when you are using the TSS tools:
Not at allVery
How often did you use the TSS tools?
-
Were they easy to use?
-
Were the TSS tools complex?
-
Was it difficult to find necessary information on the TSS tools' displays?
-
Were the display functions well integrated?
-
Were the TSS tools a distraction?
-
Were the TSS tools' displays straightforward to understand?
-
Were the TSS tools awkward to use?
-
Were you confident using the TSS tools?
-
Were the TSS tools' reactions unexpected?
-
Were the TSS tools inconsistent?
-
 
 
 
Is there anything else we should know about events that happened during this run?
   
 
 
 
Have you encountered any issues with the new route altitude and speed constraints? For example, anything in the routes used during this simulation that would be problematic in the field ?