Fatores de risco a bordo das aeronaves relacionados à automação

Abstract

This article discusses risk factors at commercial aircrafts related to automation, through a bibliography and documentary research. The automation present in commercial airplanes of large companies, around the world, is characterized by a high degree of complexity that requires from the pilot, both in training and in operation, a cognitive ability that allows him to keep up with frequent and fast changes in this automation. The article to analyzes the complexity of the automation used in modern aircrafts and identify possible risks in the human-machine interface, indicating how it can affect the operational safety of the flight. We also present the transformation of the cabinets over time, and identify possible risks and dangers related to complexity automation and mistakes committed by pilots in the operation of such technologies. In the main conclusions, we can indicate that IHM was a contributing in many accidents, such as the B-737 800 MAX, that the crew’s inability, added to technical problems that the machine presented, resulted in tragedies. Even though the aircraft had been awaited from its launch until the beginning of this activities, its performance wasn’t a success. So, we conclude that automation has a lot to add to aviation, but it needs to evolve as the operators can control it.