New Cockpit Control and Display Techniques - What Can They Do for the Pilot?

Advances in avionics technology have made possible a number of new airborne equipments which can provide improved operating capabilities desired by the airlines. The individual control and display requirements of such equipments could, however, increase the total pilot workload. New techniques, including digital processing and control, must be applied to the control/display problem in the proper manner to assure that these added devices are truly pilot aids.