

A tower controller does not see the strobe lights of an aircraft on the runway because there are a number of other flashing lights in the same direction due to work in progress.Possibly the ATCO perceived F元30 because it suited the plans better. Later it turns out that F元50 has always been displayed in the label. An ATCO sees an assigned FL 330 in a label and plans the other actions on this perception.Again it is the expectation which creates the incorrect perception. A flight is given a climb clearance that is taken by another aircraft on frequency which was expecting a climb clearance.

Only a slight distraction can be enough to make people hear what they expect to hear instead of what has really been said. The pilot may have planned flight level 290 and that’s why they hear 290 instead of 250. The pilot mishears the clearance and reads back “Flight Level 290”.

Misperception can occur in all ATC situations. The vigilant ATCO can detect situations where a misperception is likely and will therefore be more likely to detect whether their perception is correct than a non vigilant ATCO. Perception and vigilance are closely related and affect the accuracy and currency of our mental model of the air traffic situation. Processes like Decision Making and following Actions may therefore be wrong as well and it may be obvious that this can easily lead to highly undesired situations in ATM. This means that all subsequent Information Processing will be based on an incorrect premise. If this decision is incorrect, we have an incorrect image of the world around us. This is the stage where the brain decides what it is that has been received.

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