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ML in AOC

Using Machine Learning in Airline Operations Control (AOC) Applying machine learning (ML) in an Airline Operations Centre (AOC) is a highly promising and complex domain. The AOC functions as the command hub for airline operations, where operators handle an overwhelming amount of real-time data to ensure smooth execution of flights. Supporting these professionals with intelligent systems means freeing them up to focus on strategic decisions rather than routine monitoring. The Problem: Flight Diversions and Information Delays Let’s consider a common scenario: when a flight undergoes a diversion or a go-around, the first point of communication typically comes from Air Traffic Control (ATC). However, not all airlines have established direct communication channels with every airport across their network. This delay in acquiring diversion information often results in inefficient logistical decisions. Imagine an aircraft scheduled to deliver cargo to a city. The cargo is meant to be picked up...

NOTAM- Notice to Airmen

If there is an accident nearby or a gun shot, you notice that immediately. The tell tell signs would be a croud for an accident and sound for a gun shot. This can also be applied for a person in a bike. No problem there, he could notice something is happening and could react to it. However, if we scale this situtation to such extent that you cannot see things any more. At an altitute of 33k feets, you will never know what is happening on the ground. Maybe there is a Zombie apoclips, a Volcanic erruption, a bombing. To inform the Pilots (Airmen) about the real time Hazards that are not always forecasted or foreseen a system of communication was developed called NOTAM- Notice to Airmen. And the natural hazards generally fall under SNOWTAM. A NOTAM warns pilot of potential hazards along a flight route or at a location that could affect the safety of the flight. NOTAM is called the Alphabet Vomit, because at first glance it looks chaotic. However complex it may be, they are real...

ACARS (Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System)

ACARS This is a neat way used to bypass the intentional or unintentional human error on reporting flight information during or after flight . Before 1978 AD, this information was given via, voice logs, where captain verbally records the phase of flight and time. This brought human error in the data reporting and was extra work to the pilots. What ACARS does is acts as a reporting machine which reports flight information in different phases of flight to the Ground team. Initially ARINC developed this method for just 4 messages per flight, but now it has turned into a robust means of data link between not just aircraft and ground station but also between aircraft. ACARS (Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System) is a data communications system used for air-ground communication between an aircraft and their own operations centers, air traffic control, and national aviation authorities. ACARS can be used anywhere in the world by connecting to a global ne...

Glider Planes (Segelflugzeug)

|Introduction: Flying an aircraft is something that only a pilot is allowed to do. A person completes an expensive course and learns flying for several months and complete many hours as a co-pilot and certification trainings and then finally is allowed to fly as a Pilot. Not everyone does this, and definitely no one does this as a hobby. Or do they? Basic plot: There is this stream of aircraft called glider planes (segelflugzeug in German). Before getting into this topic let’s talk about hobby’s in Germany. Everywhere you go you will find clubs (Verein in German), verein for sports, verein for parades, verein for even indoor games. Germans are crazy about Verein, and that is for a good reason. This helps people interact with new people and learn more stuff from one another. I was also in a Verein in Braunschweig, the city where I live. This was an aircraft club, where we built and repaired Glider planes in winter and fly them in Summer. Operati...

Different Modules of Aircraft engine

There are mainly 17 different modular structures in an Aircraft engine. 1. Fan module. a) Spinner Code b) Fan blades c) Fan forward Case d) LPC stator e) LPC rotor f) Fan shaft g) Fan frame 2. Core module a) HPC Stator b) HPC rotor c) compressor rear frame d) combustor e) HPT stage 1 module assy 3. HPT module a) HPT stator b) HPT rotor 4. LPT module a) LPT assy b) Turbine rear frame 5. AGB- Accessory Gearbox

ATA numbering system

An aircarft has a lot of parts, manufacturing them is one thing maintaining them is some other level challange. Thus to describe what needs to be done for what part requires a lot of documentation. The easy way engineers have come up is to name each section of the aircraft as different title numbers. ATA- Air Traffic association. It was created by people in ATA so called ATA chapters. with 100 chapters ATA So when some one says ATA chapter 72 it will always mean engine. ATA 27 flight controls ATA 32 landing gear ATA 72 is engine and so on If we go even deeper. ATA 72-00-01 is fan module ATA 72-00-02 is core module ATA 72-00-03 is HPT Module ATA 72-00-04 is LPT module ATA 72-00-05 is AGB module and so on