Presented by:
Frank Chapman
Experimental Test Pilot
A350 XWB
A Newcomer to the Airbus Family
Flight Operations Conference
Paris, 12th May 2009
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The Interface is worth a Thousand Pictures
A350 XWB Flight Deck & Avionics Customer Focus Group, 24th-26th June 2008
June 24th to 26th 2008
Airbus cockpit design - A350XWB
Main drivers:
SAFETY
SECURITY
EFFICIENCY
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COMFORT
Main inputs:
Customers
feed-back
Experience
Research
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AIRBUS COCKPITS: A FAMILY STORY
Innovation
Commonality
A350XWB
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Fly-By-Wire
Side-stick
Non back driven
Thrust Levers
EFIS
ECAM
FMS
Dark
cockpit
A320
A330
A340
A310
1983
Innovation
A380
Interactivity
Onboard Information System
Airport Navigation
Vertical Display
Integrated Radio Management
Panel
Electronic normal C/L & notsensed procedures
1988
A350 XWB Flight Deck & Avionics Customer Focus Group, 24th-26th June 2008
2007
Large displays
flexibility
Extended
interactivity
Class 2 EFB
flexibility
2013
June 24th to 26th 2008
Contents
Flight Deck Organization
Cockpit functions according to flight crew tasks
Fly
Navigate
Communicate
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Manage
Systems
Manage Mission
Cross Crew Qualification
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Flight Deck organization
Fly
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Communicate
Manage systems
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Manage
Mission
Navigate
June 24th to 26th 2008
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FLY
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FLY Ground interfaces
Commonality for ground
manouevring
Nose
wheel steering
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tiller
Rudder pedals and
brakes
Thrust levers
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FLY Ground interfaces
Commonality in ground
steering
Nose
wheel steering
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tiller
Rudder pedals and
brakes
Thrust levers
Optional Taxi camera
on PFD
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FLY Flight interfaces
Commonality for flight
controls
Side-stick
pedals
Non back-driven thrust
levers
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Rudder
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FLY Flight interfaces
Commonality for flight
controls
Side-stick
Rudder
pedals
Non back-driven thrust
levers
Commonality for config.
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management
Flaps
and Speedbrakes
levers
Landing Gear and
Braking controls
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FLY Flight interfaces
PFD
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Airbus
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legacy design
June 24th to 26th 2008
FLY Flight interfaces
PFD
Airbus
legacy design
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Plus:
For A350XWB:
config. information
below PFD
More information
At the right place
At the right time
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FLY Flight interfaces
Engine Display
A350XWB:
ACUTE symbology
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For
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FLY Flight interfaces
Auto-Flight
Commonality
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Short-term tactical
controls on
glareshield
Flight Mode
Annunciator on PFD
For
A350XWB:
FCU Back-up on MFD
EFIS controls
Auto-Flight controls
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FLY Flight interfaces
Stand-by instruments
Integrated
Standard
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600
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design
since A340-
FLY Optional Head-Up Display
Dual or Single HUD
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proposed as option
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FLY
Commonality with the Airbus family
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Flight Deck organization
Fly
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Communicate
Manage systems
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Manage
Mission
Navigate
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NAVIGATE Pilots interfaces
Navigation Display
Up
to now
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Navigation Display
EFIS control panel
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NAVIGATE Pilots interfaces
Navigation Display
Up
to now:
Navigation Display
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For
A350XWB:
Enhanced EFIS
control panel
Vertical Display
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NAVIGATE Pilots interfaces
Navigation Display
Up
to now:
Navigation Display
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For
A350XWB:
Enhanced EFIS
control panel
Vertical Display
Airport Navigation
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NAVIGATE Pilots interfaces
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NAVIGATE Pilots interfaces
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Multi
Function
Display
(MFD)
Keyboard
&
Cursor
Control
Unit
(KCCU)
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Flight Deck organization
Fly
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Communicate
Manage systems
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Manage
Mission
Navigate
June 24th to 26th 2008
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COMMUNICATE
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COMMUNICATE Pilots interfaces
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COMMUNICATE Voice Com pilots interfaces
RMP
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ACP
Voice Com
For
A350XWB:
Integrated Radio
Management Panel
With IFF control
MCDU
(Satcom
pages, Data
Link Status
pages)
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COMMUNICATE Data Link pilots interfaces
Attention
Attention getter
getter
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Shared
Shared ATC
ATC Mail
Mail Box
Box
ATC
ATC COM
COM page
page on
on MFD
MFD
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NAVIGATE Data Link pilots interfaces
2 DCDUs
ATC Datalink
For
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MCDU
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A350XWB:
Shared central
Mail Box
ATC COM page
on MFD
June 24th to 26th 2008
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COMMUNICATE
Commonality
Innovation
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June 2008
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Flight Deck organization
Fly
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Communicate
Manage systems
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Manage
Mission
Navigate
June 24th to 26th 2008
MANAGE SYSTEMS Pilots interfaces
Overhead Panel
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Dark
cockpit:
No white lights
=
Systems are set
Ready to fly
Commonality:
same layout and
procedural flows
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MANAGE SYSTEMS Pilots interfaces
System Display
Auto
or manual
system pages
selection
A350XWB:
video monitoring
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For
Cockpit Door
Cabin
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MANAGE SYSTEMS Pilots interfaces
Warning Display
For A350XWB:
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Enhanced
ECAM
control panel
Sensed Abnormal and
Emergency
Procedures
Non-sensed Abnormal
& Emergency
procedures
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MANAGE SYSTEMS Pilots interfaces
Normal Check-Lists
SA &
LR:
paper QRH
A350XWB:
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Normal C/L on MFD
KCCU interactivity
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Flight Deck organization
Fly
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Communicate
Manage systems
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Manage
Mission
Navigate
June 24th to 26th 2008
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MANAGE MISSION
Onboard Information System
Improves access to pilots' operational information and
simplifies some of their tasks
Reduces the quantity of paper documents in the cockpit and
replaces them with electronic ones:
- improving information access and search
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MANAGE MISSION Pilots interfaces
Onboard Information System
Since
1997: LPC available
A380:
class 3
Dedicated 12 screens
Sliding table keyboard
15.4
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A350XWB:
Keyboard
Touchpad
Docking Station
KCCU
Modular and scalable offer
Class 2 EFB flexibility
Widest 15.4 displays,
common P/N with avionics
KCCU interactivity
A/L laptop
(Class 2)
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Cockpit Interactivity Cursor navigation
CAPT
F/O
KCCU
KCCU
Similarity
Similaritywith
withA380
A380cursors
cursorsnavigation
navigation
Extension
ExtensiontotoOIS
OIS
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FLEXIBILITY of 6 identical Large Displays
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OIS on center
Each
pilot can send his
OIS on center to share
information
MFD is transferred on
external DU
MFD
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CAPT
OIS
CAPT
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View offside OIS
OIS
OIS
OIS
F/O
CAPT
F/O
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MMEL targets
6 large displays with same P/N allows:
Dispatch with any DU failed without maintenance action (*)
Dispatch with two DUs failed with a simple maintenance action
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( failed DU swapping to Outer positions) (*)
(*): Pending Authorities approval
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Pilot Training
The A350XWB is a member of the AIRBUS family, and
will therefore benefit from Cross-Crew Qualification
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Examples of CCQ programs (*):
A320 to A350XWB
11 days
A330/A340 to
A350XWB
10 days
A380 to A350XWB
5 days
(*): Pending
Authorities
approval
To
be compared
to a full transition course = 24 days
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Conclusion
A350XWB
Maintain Commonality
Cockpit organization
Steering and Fly-By-Wire
Core Displays
Benefit from Innovation
Procedures (normal and
non-normal)
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Training (CCQ, MFF)
6 identical Large
Displays flexibility
Extended interactivity
Class 2 EFB flexibility
Enhanced growth
capability
Operational Efficiency by Design
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