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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The future of air traffic control: human operators and automation/Panel on Human Factors in Air Traffic Control Automation, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council; Christopher D. Wickens … [et al.,], eds.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

1. Air traffic control—Automation. 2. Aeronautics—Human factors. I. Wickens, Christopher D. II. National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Human Factors in Air Traffic Control Automation.

TL725.3.T7F88 1998

387.7'40426—dc21 97-45303