In its web-page introduction to free flight, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) describes free flight as “an innovative concept to improve the efficiency of the National Airspace System [in which] pilots operating under instrument flight rules will be able to select the aircraft's course, speed, and altitude in real time” (FAA, 1996). This symposium presents the results of experimental and theoretic investigations on (1) the ability of pilots and air traffic managers to master the demands of free flight and (2) the design of technology and decision aids tailored to need those demands.
