Out of the loop Those who are OOTL are feeling "out of the loop." This acronym (and the slang phrase it's based on) is meant to convey that a person is unaware of essential information. The person may also feel cut off from those making important decisions. ...
Particularly, in cases of automatic equipment failure, human supervisors seemed effectively helpless to diagnose the situation, determine the appropriate solution and retake control, a set of difficulties called the "out-of-the-loop" (OOL) performance problem. Because automation is not powerful enough...