Aircraft Dispatch Decision Support System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current documentation for aircraft dispatch decisions is cumbersome and time-consuming, requiring crews to navigate multiple paper documents and lengthy manuals to analyze defects and faults, leading to prolonged decision-making times and potential operational disruptions.
Innovation Solution
A system with an acquisition module for data collection, identification databases, and a synthesis module that generates rapid and detailed dispatch statuses, displayed in a cockpit interface, to simplify the analysis of defects and faults, and anticipate operational consequences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the crew consults multiple paper documents and lengthy manuals to analyze defects and faults, then comprehensive defect analysis is achieved, but decision-making time is prolonged
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate documents (pilot assistance list, defect guide, minimum equipment list, configuration deviation list, maintenance and operating procedures manual) into a single integrated electronic system. This consolidation allows the crew to access all necessary defect analysis information through one interface, eliminating the time required to physically move between multiple paper documents while maintaining comprehensive analysis capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-organizes and structures all defect analysis data, procedures, and minimum equipment list items in an electronically accessible format before the crew needs them. The electronic database is prepared in advance with all connections and relationships between defects, equipment, and procedures already established, allowing immediate retrieval and analysis without the preliminary time required to manually search through paper manuals.
2Reliability
If the crew manually analyzes defect data using multiple documents, then dispatch decisions are made with full information, but operational disruption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic system provides immediate feedback to the crew as they input defect data, automatically retrieving relevant information from the database and presenting connected procedures, minimum equipment list items, and configuration deviation list entries. This real-time feedback mechanism ensures the crew has access to all necessary information for accurate dispatch decisions while significantly reducing the time required compared to manual document consultation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive manual analysis of defects is performed, then all operational constraints are identified, but the complexity of the process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic system segments the complex defect analysis process into distinct, easily navigable components: defect data input, automatic retrieval of implicated equipment and functions, presentation of minimum equipment list items, configuration deviation list entries, and maintenance procedures. Each segment is electronically organized and can be accessed independently through the integrated interface, reducing the perceived complexity while maintaining comprehensive constraint identification.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for assisting in a dispatch decision of an aircraft and related process are provided. The system includes a synthesis module, configured to generate at least one dispatch status for the aircraft, based on at least one defect and/or fault datum of the aircraft received from the acquisition module and at least data contained in a first database and in a second minimum equipment list database; and a display, configured to display at least one synthesis window containing at least one defect and/or fault identification indicator of the aircraft developed from the or each defect and/or fault datum, and at least one dispatch status indicator based on the dispatch status determined by the synthesis module.