Classic cockpit upgrade survey

Air Economics Group

The following is the classic cockpit upgrade analysis Air Economics conducted in April 2000. The survey was taken by 17 major airlines in North American, Europe and Asia. If you are an airline employee please take the survey yourself and we will update the results section with your de-identified responses. AEG conducts these types of questionnaires for custom consulting projects as well as for analysis pieces published in Flt Tech Online.

Fleet Type

Please check fleet type to which intentions apply. If responding to more than one fleet type, please select one aircraft type, complete survey, submit and begin survey again with additional aircraft:)

B-727-200

B-737-200,300, 400 or 500

B-747-100, 200 or 300

DC-9

DC-10 (all series)

MD-80 (all series)

A300B2 and B4 (analog)

F70 and F100

Intentions

On a scale of 1 to 5, where “1” is very unlikely and “5” is very likely, please answer the following: Please note: Very Likely means that it has been approved by the appropriate internal process and has been or will be included in a capital budget. Very Unlikely means that there is virtually no chance that the upgrade will occur within the referred period.

2. Introduce Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation to this fleet within the next two years?

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2. 3. In preparation for GPS, introduce multi-mode receivers (MMRs) to this fleet within the next two years?

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4. Introduce or upgrade flight management systems (FMS) to this fleet within the next two years?

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4. 5. Introduce or upgrade VDL-2 (datalink) to this fleet within the next two years?

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5. Introduce high frequency datalink (HFDL) to its fleet within the next two years?

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6. Introduce Satcom (H, M or I) to this fleet within the next two years?

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7. Introduce cockpit display of traffic information (CDTI) to this fleet within the next two years?

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8. Introduce EGPWS (TAWS) to this fleet within the next two years?

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9. Replace analog flight instruments with digital (“glass”) displays within the next two years?

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10. Replace analog engine indicating instruments with digital (“glass”) displays within the next two years?

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11. Add a cockpit display or displays to accommodate any of the fore mentioned functions within the next two years?

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12. Qualify this fleet for RNP-10 within the next two years?

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13. Qualify this fleet for RNP-5 within the next two years?

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14. Qualify this fleet for RNP-1 within the next two years?

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15. Qualify this fleet for RVSM within the next two years?

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16. Introduce head-up displays (HUDs) on this fleet within the next two years?

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Introduce ADS-B capability on this fleet within the next two years?

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Introduce new information management capability on this fleet within the next two years? (Examples: Graphical weather or NOTAM information, “Smart” checklists or procedures, Electronic performance analysis, Electronic maintenance logbook or maintenance reporting.)

Insert number rank 1- 5

Are increasingly fuel costs likely to influence your company’s attitudes toward any of the above questions?

Yes

Don’t know

Do any aircraft lease contracts restrict your company from performing cockpit upgrades?

Yes

Don’t know

Please provide us with the following information. While we need this information to create effective data from our surveys no identifying data will EVER be released publicly. Thank you again for your time and thoughtful responses.

Name
Job Title
Airline
Phone
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Last updated April 05, 2004