budget item program title request a08b air traffic control airway facilities human factors 9 968 000 goals intended outcomes the faa intends to improve safety by developing more effective methods for investigating reporting and analyzing operational errors deviations educational aids mitigate runway incursions underlying performance issues controller fatigue resulting from shiftwork increasing considerations in acquisition design of automation systems improving techniques identifying workforce requirements selecting applicants positions agency outputs problems today s operations involve constraints other complications that pose risk atc study relationship between schedules is mitigating impacts on taxonomic analysis improvements how are investigated reported which turn leading interventions research provides guidelines information development product tests criteria selection personnel