ABSTRACT
The guiding principle of flight deck design is that it should be accomplished in a way that fits the job to the man rather than the man to the job. Unfortunately, since humans are flexible in a variety of ways, there has always been a temptation to permit poor, but possibly financially economical, design on the flight deck to enter service in the expectation that the pilot will be able to cope. Once the design eye position has been set, and the anthropometric range of pilots decided upon, the size of the cockpit workspace and the degree of adjustment of seat, rudder pedals will follow. The most important requirement in display and control design is that of standardization. This enables the pilot who is accustomed to one particular organization and manner of display to be able to transfer his experience to other individual aircraft and other aircraft types without confusion or 'negative transfer'.
