Aerospace Medicine Technical Reports

FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute


Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-04/10

Title and Subtitle: A Historical Review of Color Vision Standards for Air Traffic Control Specialists at Automated Flight Service Stations

Report Date: June 2004

Authors: Milburn NJ

Abstract: This report chronicles several experiments the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute has conducted to assess the effects that advances in technology have had on automated flight service station air traffic control specialists color identification tasks and the ensuing revisions to the color vision standard and verification testing.

Key Words: Automated Flight Service Station, Air Traffic Control, Specialists, Color Vision, ATC history, Color Weather, Radar, Color Vision Standards, Work-Sample Tests, Color Vision Deficiency

No. of Pages: 11

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