Enhancing pilot ability to perform CDA with descriptive waypoints

• The five DW condition gave structure for the pilots, and the aircraft consistently flew similar flight paths and were closer to their DW target altitudes • The five DW condition used slightly more power (one percent) than the one and three DW conditions. □ With automated assistance (green arc) pilots believed that they would intercept DW without resorting to level flight • The results of increasing performance in the three and five DW conditions support the use and implementation of DW into CDA procedures