Carl Westin

3 First empirical insights Strategic conformance argues that acceptance of automated ad- vice benefits from a match in decision-making strategies between the automation and operator. In the previous chapter, a theoreti- cal foundation supporting this claim was presented. In this chap- ter, we present the first empirical study investigating the effect of strategic conformance, together with traffic complexity and level of automation, on the acceptance and use of a novel ATC conflict res- olution decision aid. Note that this chapter is based on a journal paper presented in Air Traffic Control Quarterly, 2014. Parts of it, however, have been extended and edited to better complement this dissertation.