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Will Artificial Intelligence improve pilot behaviour & replace the co-pilot?
Captain & AI Can Artificial intelligence (AI) make the co-pilot's role in the flight deck redundant? Humans are more intolerant when dealing...
Visual illusion in fog, Spicejet heavy landing saga
How can a combination of surprise event, visual illusion and cognitive lockup lead to a heavy landing? Fog creates visual illusion. Other factors...
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Reprocessing the mental image
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Relief from info overload, Digital NOTAM gives the pilot need and risk-based information: mindFly
A NOTAM is a notice, distributed by means of telecommunication. The NOTAM contains information about a change in aeronautical facilities, services, procedures or hazards, the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel concerned with flight operations. NOTAM was created more than 60 years ago. It is based on structured messages with a free text component. An example is provided below: Example of NOTAM The Problem Due to the currently limited information filtering capabilities of the text NOTAM format, PreflightInformation Bulletin (PIB) that pilots have to consult before the flight is in the range of 10-50 pages for a flight. In consequence, most info given in flight paperwork is a hazard for the user. Yet the probability of pilots not being aware of important and pertinent NOTAM is increasing. Number of NOTAM issued world-wide (EAD data)
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Boy lift operator, Girl and finally AI, Aviation follows same trend: mindFly
Elevator girls Lifts were skill based and operated by boys. Girls started operating 1929 onwards and gradually became fully automatic. Aviation...
