US 11,893,907 B2
Systems and methods for evidence-based training of aircraft operators
Raghu Shamasundar, Bangalore (IN); Mahesh Sivaratri, Bangalore (IN); Kalimulla Khan, Karnataka (IN); and Srihari Jayathirtha, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/017,568.
Claims priority of application No. 201941041446 (IN), filed on Oct. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0110731 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. G09B 9/08 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 9/08 (2013.01) [B64D 45/00 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for evidence-based training of aircraft operators, the method comprising:
receiving, by a flight data monitoring system from one or more flight data sources separate from the flight data monitoring system, aircraft flight data indicative of one or more flight actions performed by an aircraft operator in operating aircraft during an actual flight of the aircraft, wherein the aircraft flight data is captured by the one or more flight data sources during the actual flight of the aircraft;
upon receiving the aircraft flight data from the one or more flight data sources separate from the flight data monitoring system, analyzing, by the flight data monitoring system, the aircraft flight data indicative of the one or more flight actions performed by an aircraft operator in operating aircraft during the actual flight of the aircraft, to thereby determine an assessment of a performance of the aircraft operator in operating the aircraft during the actual flight of the aircraft, wherein the assessment is determined based at least in part on the aircraft flight data captured by the one or more flight data sources;
based on the assessment, determining a training scenario to be presented to the aircraft operator via a training simulator as part of training for the aircraft operator, wherein the training simulator is separate from the aircraft, and wherein the training scenario is determined based at least in part on the aircraft flight data captured by the one or more flight data sources during the actual flight of the aircraft;
providing, to the training simulator, information indicative of the determined training scenario;
receiving, from the training simulator, training flight data indicative of one or more simulated actions performed by the aircraft operator during a simulation of the scenario using the training simulator, wherein the one or more flight actions and the one or more simulated actions define separate actions executed by the aircraft operator during the actual flight of the aircraft and the simulation using the training simulator, respectively; and
based on the training flight data and the assessment, determining an evaluation of the training for the aircraft operator.