How in the World Did We Ever Get into That Mode? Mode Error and Awareness in Supervisory Control

Catalog evidence and recorded chart appearances. Inclusion is not an endorsement.

Source snapshot imported 2026-10-20. This is not a live feed. Source and contributions.

Evidence and limits

Finding: Flexible automation modes create new monitoring demands and failures when operators cannot determine the active mode or its implications.

Impact: Strengthen visible mode, authority, and routing state. Reject hidden transitions among agent or approval modes.

Boundary: Aviation evidence does not prescribe a software interface. Next: which state changes require persistent display and which can remain in trace evidence?

Flags: supervisory-control domain; no current agent trial

Record State: Catalog review recorded; not a performance endorsement

What was reviewed: Structure and relevance screened; not a full evaluation

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Recorded chart appearances

  • 2026-10-13: position 22. Relevant to the recorded review topic (see source); Structure and relevance screened; not a full evaluation evidence
  • 2026-10-12: position 21. Relevant to the recorded review topic (see source); Structure and relevance screened; not a full evaluation evidence