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      <title>Assessment of Pilot Workload in Non-Vertical Navigation (VNAV) Aircraft during Simultaneous Parallel Approach Operations</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) minimum capabilities list (MCL) recommends operators equip with autopilot coupled vertical navigation (VNAV) to enable performance-based navigation (PBN) operations. FAA data indicated a gap in VNAV equipage across 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121 aircraft operators. Current FAA requirements do not allow an aircraft without coupled autopilot (lateral navigation, vertical navigation) and/or flight director (FD) guidance (lateral, vertical) to conduct area navigation (RNAV) instrument approach procedures (IAPs) during simultaneous approach operations. The VNAV equipage gap and current FAA requirements limit the use of existing PBN procedures and overall participation rates. Human factors research data is needed to understand pilot workload when conducting RNAV IAPs in an aircraft without coupled autopilot and/or FD guidance during simultaneous approach operations. Results from this research can provide a basis for FAA safety risk management (SRM) decisions.]]></description>
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