Feasibility, Utility and Usability of Pilot Reports (PIREPs) Submission and Retrieval Using VHF Radio, Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence Technologies (A Proof-of-Concept Study)

Kratchounova, Daniela; Baumgartner, Hannah M; Smith, Cory; Underwood, Mark; Langebrake, Larry; George, Tom; White, Adam

doi:10.21949/1404279

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Feasibility, Utility and Usability of Pilot Reports (PIREPs) Submission and Retrieval Using VHF Radio, Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence Technologies (A Proof-of-Concept Study)

2023-11-01
By Kratchounova, Daniela ; Baumgartner, Hannah M ; Smith, Cory ; ...

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Kratchounova, Daniela ; Baumgartner, Hannah M ; Smith, Cory ; Underwood, Mark ; Langebrake, Larry ; George, Tom ; White, Adam
Corporate Creators:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Office of Aerospace Medicine ; Resource Data Incorporated ; Connectsix, LLC ; Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association ; Alaska Airmen’s Association
Subject/TRT Terms:

2017 National Transportation Safety Board Special Investigation Report Air Pilots Air Traffic Air Traffic Control Artificial Intelligence Audio Media Pilot Reports Automated Ground Station Aviation Safety Cloud Computing In-flight Planning Mobile Applications Planning Pre-flight Planning Proof-of-concept Safety Voice-to-text Transcription Voice-user Interface Weather Weather Conditions Web Applications
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DOT/FAA/AM-23/37
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21949/1404279
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Tech Report
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United States
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Office of Aerospace Medicine
Abstract:

Pilot reports (PIREPs) are reports describing in-flight weather conditions submitted by pilots that provide crucial weather information to other pilots for pre-flight and in-flight planning. The current PIREP system is antiquated, prone to error, and has been identified as a safety concern according to a 2017 National Transportation Safety Board Special Investigation Report. This paper describes the results from a proof-of-concept (POC) study investigating the feasibility, utility, and usability of a PIREP submission and retrieval concept that uses VHF radio, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. In flight, pilots were able to submit and retrieve PIREPs without talking to an air traffic controller or a flight service specialist. Instead, they used VHF radio to communicate with an automated ground station (AGS) via a voice-user interface. On the ground, pilots were also able to retrieve the experimental PIREPs submitted within the two study locations via a website and a mobile app in three different modes: audio playback, voice-to-text transcription and plain text. This POC study successfully demonstrated the application of already existing as well as state-of-the-art off-the-shelf technologies as one potential way to modernize the current PIREP system and improve its resiliency.
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