p Exchanges With Airlines Linking Data Analysis With Training

© AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

Presented by

Harald HENDEL

Flight Ops Analysis


Dec 2012

• Opening Presentation

• A Data Sharing Process with Airbus - Flight Operations

Analysis

• Examples

• Panel Discussion (Airbus and Airline participation)

• Exchanging data with a manufacturer

• Feedback on individual Airline experiences

• Data sharing benefits for training


Sharing the view on training & operations......

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YOU

Training Operations Design

US


Dec 2012

ANALYSIS

COMPARISON

FINDINGS

ACTION

Airline B Airbus

PROCEDURES

TRAINING

DESIGN

Airline A

Airline E

Airline D

Airline … Airline C


Dec 2012

• Since 2006,

• Exchange of flight data

• Already established process with

multiple airlines

• The WIN-WIN Sharing Relationship:

• Support on Safety and Operations

• Expert analysis of multiple Airline’s data

• Training and Procedures Enhancements thanks to Airlines

contributing (data and real experience)

• Confidential Protection of Data


Dec 2012

• Global A340 landing survey

• Dedicated support to Airlines, including analysis of operations

into specific airports


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A340-300

A340-600


A340-600 has higher amount of Hi G landings

A340-300

A340-600

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Aircraft improvements:

Flight Control Law enhancements.

New radio altitude callouts at 70ft and 60ft.

Strengthened Landing Gears

Enhanced training:

ZFTT, Familiarization

Simulator demo’s

Long term awareness campaigns (conferences, visits).

Updated procedures for A330/A340 operations:

FCOM Bulletin – Avoiding hard landings.

FCTM – Enhanced Guidelines for flare at landing.


Dec 2012


Dec 2012

• Context as provided by Airline

• Continuous introduction of new (inexperienced) pilots

• Reported Issue:

• High number of high lateral loads at landing.

• Is it an operational concern ?

• How to help?

• What actions for Airline (training – Recurrent, ZFTT, Briefings) ?

• Where to focus ?

• What information (correlations) have been factually collected ?


Dec 2012

• WHAT DID WE COME UP WITH ?

• CROSS WIND LANDING TRAINING ?

NO

BUT

• HOW TO HELP TRAINERS / CAPTAINS IMPROVE

THEIR MONITORING OF FIRST OFFICERS DURING

CROSS WIND SITUATIONS


Presented by

Harald HENDEL

Flight Ops Analysis

Time Window of 90 seconds

Rudder

(Degrees)

Delta HDG (HEADING – QFU)

(Degrees)

LATERAL POSITION FROM CENTERLINE

(Meters)

LATERAL ACCELERATION

(G)

Side stick roll Input (degrees)

(Red = Right hand side)

(Green = Left hand side)

LE

FT

R

IGH

T

LE

FT

R

IGH

T

LE

FT

R

IGH

T

LE

FT

R

IGH

T

Runway edge

Runway edge

LAT OFFSET AT LAND

HIGH LAT G

CRAB INCREASE AFTER TD

OPPOSITE BANK AT TD

LATE TAKE OVER

Aircraft PITCH

(Degrees)

Aircraft ROLL

(Degrees)

NO DECRAB


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TD + 2Sec TD

Assessing De-Crab

RA 60ft

5 Sec 2 Sec

H1 >4° Mini, H2>5° Mini

Pre Flare Crab Angle

Residual Crab Angle

and calculated for every landing

Case Study – Cross Wind Landing Analysis


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10°

0°

4°

0° 5° 10°

(Pre-Flare Crab angle in Degrees)

(Residual Crab angle in Degrees)

No De-crab

Good De-crab

Crab Increase

De-crab, but high

Residual Crab

Case Study – Cross Wind Landing Analysis

Non events / good techniques

(~10kts cross wind)

(~20kts cross wind)

Assessing De-Crab


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Comparison Capability


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First time fleet awareness of lateral load operational spectrums.

Simulator Demos:

• most typical scenarios.

• To Trainer Population (TRE,TRI,SFI) .

• Better understanding of risk (runway excursion).

•Better briefings &

preparation for FO’s.

•Better PM anticipation for

acting on PF mistakes in

x-wind.

•Judgement of own

thresholds for Takeover.

•Better aircraft trajectory

positioning in cross

winds.


Month 200X

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Population

Density

Range

Different Views of the CUBE

Approx. 400 TAT freezing cases

ALTITUDE

STA

TIC

TE

MP

ER

AT

UR

E

Data from 6 airlines Grey dots = Range of Operations covered by data

Colored Dots = TAT freezing cases


Dec 2012

Flight Data from Airlines, analysed by Airbus

Benefits • Expert Analysis – from Manufacturer – shared with Airline

• Shared understanding of Airline operational environment

• Global benchmarking

• New ways of looking at data

• Visualisations

• New tool capabilities

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easyJet

AIRBUS – FLIGHT OPERATIONS ANALYSIS & EASYJET

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DATA SHARING

• Flight data from several thousand A319 & A320 sectors supplied to Airbus for analysis.

• NDA & Business templates to outline analysis scope and deliverables.

• Analysis results presented by video conference and on site visits:

• High altitude Pitot Probe Icing.

• Vertical acceleration at touchdown.

• Go Around performance/baulked landings. (Discontinued app)

• Taxi speed analysis / identification of hot spots. (Google Earth)

• Fuel efficiency during ground ops (OETD/A)

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Benefits

• Flight Data in house is a limited resource.

• Flight Data software has limited capability.

• Performance benchmarking against global SA operations.

• Continuing Safety Assurance from manufacturer.

• Validation of our training.

• High level of support and interest from Flight Operations analysis team.

• Keen to expand remit and eager to take on new lines of analysis.

(Stable approach / Systems performance)

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Future development?

• Live feed from our wireless flight data.

(35,000 flights / month)

Additional studies to cover stable approach, touchdown position.

Keen to develop analysis capabilities designed and validated in FO-A into AirFASE software.

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