Trust of an Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance Technology: A Fighter Pilot Perspective

Abstract

The present study examined the antecedents of trust among operational Air Force fighter pilots for an automatic ground collision avoidance technology. This technology offered a platform with high face validity for studying trust in automation because it is an automatic system currently being used in operations by the Air Force. Pilots (N = 142) responded to an online survey which asked about their attitudes toward the technology and assessed a number of psychological factors. Consistent with prior research on trust in automation, a number of trust antecedents were identified which corresponded to human factors, learned trust factors, and situational factors. Implications for the introduction of novel automatic systems into the military are discussed.

• trust in automation
• automatic ground collision avoidance system
• trust
• aviation psychology

Notes

1 At the time of the survey, approximately 12% of the pilots had reported experiencing an AGCAS activation.