1. What is the lowest landing
operating minima that your airline presently operates to? (Check one)
Category I
Category II
Category III
2. Do all your fleets
operate to this minima? (Check one)
Yes
No
3. What technology
does your airline currently use to accomplish low-visibility landings?
(Check all that apply)
Hand-flown with or without flight director
Coupled autopilot with or without flight
director
CAT IIIa fail passive autoland
CAT IIIa fail operational autoland
CAT IIIb autoland
CAT IIIa HUD
CAT IIIb HUD/autoland “hybrid” combination
4. What guidance technology
does your airline currently use to accomplish low-visibility takeoffs?
(Check all that apply)
None, except flight director
Para-visual display (PVD)
Head-up display (HUD)
The following questions deal with
your airline’s current thinking about modern head-up displays (HUD);
enhanced vision systems (EVS), which use infrared or millimeter wave
sensors or both to provide imaging for display on a HUD;
and synthetic vision systems (SVS) which use terrain databases
and computer-generated images for display on a HUD.
5. Has your airline ever
seriously evaluated the following for use on any of its fleet? (Check
all that apply)
HUD
EVS
SVS
6. If your airline uses a
HUD, which type is it? (Check all that apply)
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics
BAE
Thales (Sextant)
7. How would you describe
your airline’s current interest in HUDs? (Please check one.)
Strong
Moderate
No interest
8. How would you describe
your airline’s current interest in EVS or SVS? (Please check
one.)
Very interested
Mildly interested
Little or no interest
9. On a scale of 1 to 5 (1
being little importance and 5 being high importance), please rank each
of the following HUD
attributes as your airline currently views them. (Rank each individually
without comparison to the others. Place appropriate number in box
provided.)
CAT III landing capability
CAT II
landing capability at CAT I runways (when authorized)
Lower takeoff minima (with steering guidance
cue)
Added situational awareness and flight
guidance (speed, flight path vector, flare cue, etc.)
Windshear guidance cue
Angle-of-attack guidance cue
Unusual attitude recovery guidance cue
Tail strike avoidance cue
Taxi guidance
TCAS (collision avoidance) information display
10. On a scale of 1 to 5 (1
being little importance and 5 being high importance), please rank each
of the following EVS or SVS
attributes as your airline currently views them. (Rank each individually
without comparison to the others. Place appropriate number in box
provided.). Note: Some of these attributes will require other
technology, such as augmented satellite navigation and cockpit display
of traffic information.
CAT II landing capability on CAT I runways
CAT III landing capability on non-CAT II/III
runways
Lower
takeoff minima (with HUD steering guidance cue) without regard to runway
lighting.
Added visual awareness of other aircraft
during close parallel landing and takeoff operations.
Added visual awareness of other aircraft,
vehicles or obstacles, especially during surface operations.
Added visual awareness of runway to allow
land-and-hold short operations (LAHSO) operations in low visibility
conditions.
Reduced fuel reserves based on the
availability of more CAT II and/or CAT III (equivalent) runways.
11. On a scale of 1 to 5 (1
being little importance and 5 being high importance), please rank each
of the following perceived
EVS “issues” as your airline currently views them. (Rank each
individually without comparison to the others. Place appropriate number
in box provided.)
Sensor performance (Ability to “see
through” visibility obscuration.)
Quality of displayed image. (Clarity, color,
depth perception.)
Transparency of displayed image. (Ability of
pilot to see through)
Certification of EVS to perform CAT III
approaches (Assumes HUD and appropriate navigation horizontal and
vertical navigation signals.)
Certification of EVS to perform takeoffs at
lower visibility than presently authorized. (Assumes ILS or GPS
navigation signal.)
Authorization of EVS to perform other terminal
and surface operations to provide near VFR-like capability.
Development of EVS procedures, if required.
International acceptance and interoperability
of EVS
EVS AEEC characteristics.
Certification of EVS to perform very low
visibility takeoffs.
12. What percentage of your
airline’s flights are disrupted (delayed, cancelled or diverted) by
low visibility annually? (Check only one.) Note: Disruptions
include secondary, or downstream departure delays and/or cancellations.
Delays include all related to visibility, even when airport is not below
minimums.
20% or more
15% or more, but less than 20%
10% or more, but less than 15%
5% or more, but less than 10%
Less than 5%
Don’t
know
13. What payback criteria
does your airline usually require for aircraft capability upgrades?
(Check one.)
One year or less
One year to 1.5 years
1.5 to 2 years
More than 2 years
Don’t know
14. When do you think EVS
and/or SVS will be extensively used by airlines? (Check one.)
Less than five years
Five to ten years
More than ten years
Don’t know
15. Would your airline be
interested in participating in EVS trials? (Check one.)
Yes
No
Don’t know
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