Abstract
Air traffic management is a complex multi-disciplinary socio-technical system of systems that directly supports the air transportation industry. With the introduction of new technologies into the air traffic management system, there is a lack of understanding of the effects of new technology on people, machines, procedures, and regulatory environments. There is thus a demonstrable need for methods to determine credible requirements that can be used to outline operating procedures, policies, tools, and techniques for continued resilience. The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework using the ‘whole-of-society’ perspective and tools such as complexity theory, applying these to air traffic management in South Africa. The framework is developed further to understand the requirements for ensuring a resilient and sustained air traffic management network.
Highlights
This paper proposes a conceptual framework that can be used to examine air traffic management (ATM) communication resilience and sustainability in South Africa
A conceptual framework that is supported by complexity science through the integration of the disciplines from an safety management system (SMS) SHELL model and whole-of-society approach needs to be developed
This would lead to tools and techniques, validated through triangulation and employing the resilience analysis grid (RAG) [10] to demonstrate resilient performance
Summary
This paper proposes a conceptual framework that can be used to examine air traffic management (ATM) communication resilience and sustainability in South Africa. The SHELL model is explained in detail in the Literature Review section that includes explanations of all the models used in this research It gives a detailed explanation of the liveware to liveware interaction. Framework could be used in other air navigation service providers’ locations for the same reasons, and would help to bring about global harmonisation in sustainability and resilience for air traffic systems. This framework goes beyond the current processes in ATM that favour safety and human factors with the safety management system (SMS) SHELL and collaborative decision methods (CDM) models [1, 2, 3]. Technological advances are being employed in air traffic management that require more complex analysis for sustainability
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