Modelling Human Activity for the Purpose of Flight Analysis

P. Le Blaye, L. Wioland, L. Chaudron, F. Dehais,

J.Y. Grau & O. Penelaud

(HCP-1999)

Abstract:

ONERA and IMASSA are currently involved in a research program which aims at defining a methodology for the analysis of military aircrews’ activity during everyday operations. The proposed methodology is different from the flight analysis processes currently used by airlines, for instance, as it is clearly focused on the human activity: it is based on a model of generic activity, built from aircrews’ verbalisations and flight simulations, which is used as a reference to identify possible discrepancies between this generic model and the actions actually performed during the flight. Those discrepancies are then interpreted using a typology of typical safety relevant events, which was established by an extensive review of incidents cases.


Keywords: human activity, aviation safety, flight analysis, cognitive modelling.


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