Publication Date
12-1-2025
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Scientific Data
Volume
12
Issue
1
DOI
10.1038/s41597-025-05336-7
Abstract
NASA’s System-Wide Safety Project achieved a pivotal milestone through a structured observation simulation experiment aiming to transform safety in aviation. Building on prior initiatives, the study investigates pilot behavior and resilience during challenging scenarios. We studied 24 commercial pilots performing simulated real-world challenges during approach to KCLT such as traffic compression, convective weather, and modulating workload. We acquired standard human factors assessments like NASA-TLX and SART, and also collected a variety of psychophysiological measures such as EEG, ECG, and eye tracking. We employed custom questionnaires and retrospective think-aloud exercises to enable quantifying resilient and safe behavior. Video and audio were also recorded from multiple sources. This paper provides details regarding methodological procedures, data management, and a glimpse at some preliminary analyses. The data and code are publicly available providing a dynamic resource that encourages public contribution to quantification of resilient behavior in commercial airline pilots.
Funding Sponsor
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Department
Research Foundation
Recommended Citation
Tyler Fettrow, Chad Stephens, Lance Prinzel, Jon Holbrook, Kathryn Ballard, Sepehr Bastami, Michael Stewart, and Daniel Kiggins. "Human Contributions to Safety Data Testbed Flight Simulation Study: Data Methods, Processing, and Quality" Scientific Data (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05336-7
