Abstract: A method and device for assisting a pilot in flight management is provided, by enabling the pilot to anticipate situations involving a risk of collision with another aircraft or with the ground, or to anticipate a risk of deviation from a flight path.

Abstract: A method implemented by computer for the management of the descent of an aircraft, comprises the steps of: receiving a descent profile; determining a search band comprising a plurality of flight segments of the profile; and selecting a flight segment in the search band. Various selection criteria are described, in particular the consideration of the commands of pitch-up and/or separation with respect to the active segment (anticipation distance). Other developments comprise the fact that the search band is configurable, the consideration of the load factor, modalities of tangent capture (trajectory with no segment crossing), compliance with altitude constraints, the determination of capture parabola modeling the trajectory, as well as the activation of the segment selected as control reference. System aspects and software aspects are described.

Abstract: A method implemented by computer for the management of the descent of an aircraft, comprises the steps of: receiving a descent profile; determining a search band comprising a plurality of flight segments of the profile; and selecting a flight segment in the search band. Various selection criteria are described, in particular the consideration of the commands of pitch-up and/or separation with respect to the active segment (anticipation distance). Other developments comprise the fact that the search band is configurable, the consideration of the load factor, modalities of tangent capture (trajectory with no segment crossing), compliance with altitude constraints, the determination of capture parabola modeling the trajectory, as well as the activation of the segment selected as control reference. System aspects and software aspects are described.

Abstract: A method implemented by computer for the management of the flight of an aircraft comprises the steps of receiving flight directives and flight information associated with these directives; determining a flight context of the aircraft; as a function of the context determined, selecting information from among that associated with the formulation of a directive and/or with a current flight directive and/or with a change of a flight directive; sensorially restoring the selected information. Various developments are described, notably links to documentary resources, the determination of anomalies, the use of predefined logic rules and configuration options. System aspects and software aspects are described.

Abstract: A method for determining a switch-over vertical point from which an aircraft, having a current position, and flying a current vertical trajectory according to a manual piloting mode having an altitude setpoint, denoted target altitude, loaded by the pilot, switches to a piloting mode guided by a flight management system, in order to rejoin a predefined flight plan having a set of initial altitude constraints, comprising: calculating a first predicted vertical trajectory, determining a first point of intersection between the first predicted trajectory and the target altitude, determining a second predicted trajectory, determining the switch-over vertical point belonging to the first predicted vertical trajectory, based on any incompatible constraints, and as the intersection between the first predicted vertical trajectory and a predicted vertical trajectory calculated by integration of the dynamic flight equations by applying calculation hypotheses for a piloting mode guided by a flight management system.

Abstract: A method implemented by computer for the management of the flight of an aircraft comprises the steps of receiving flight directives and flight information associated with these directives; determining a flight context of the aircraft; as a function of the context determined, selecting information from among that associated with the formulation of a directive and/or with a current flight directive and/or with a change of a flight directive; sensorially restoring the selected information. Various developments are described, notably links to documentary resources, the determination of anomalies, the use of predefined logic rules and configuration options. System aspects and software aspects are described.

Abstract: An alert management method implemented by a flight management system for triggering alerts during flight of an aircraft, using a look-up table associating, with each alert, at least one flight parameter and establishing, for each alert and the associated flight parameter, a correspondence between the value of the associated parameter and a plurality of predefined ordered priority levels. The method comprises when an alert is triggered: loading a value of the associated flight parameter, as a function of the state of the aircraft in real time, determining the priority level of the current alert out of the plurality, the priority level being determined by the value and from the look-up table; at regular time intervals and for each active alert, reiterating the preceding steps to determine, for each active alert, an associated priority level that is a function of the state of the aircraft in real time.

Abstract: A method for determining a switch-over vertical point from which an aircraft, having a current position, and flying a current vertical trajectory according to a manual piloting mode having an altitude setpoint, denoted target altitude, loaded by the pilot, switches to a piloting mode guided by a flight management system, in order to rejoin a predefined flight plan having a set of initial altitude constraints, comprising: calculating a first predicted vertical trajectory, determining a first point of intersection between the first predicted trajectory and the target altitude, determining a second predicted trajectory, determining the switch-over vertical point belonging to the first predicted vertical trajectory, based on any incompatible constraints, and as the intersection between the first predicted vertical trajectory and a predicted vertical trajectory calculated by integration of the dynamic flight equations by applying calculation hypotheses for a piloting mode guided by a flight management system.

Abstract: A method for managing a vertical flight plan comprises: a first step of breaking down an initial flight plan into a succession of contiguous segments, each segment comprising a change of altitude and/or of speed; a second step of calculating a lateral flight path of the flight plan based on the contiguous segments; a third step of calculating a vertical profile and a speed profile based on the calculated lateral flight path; a fourth step is a step of determining an active segment during the flight of the aircraft, by longitudinal distance sequencing of the contiguous segments. The method is notably suitable for the integration of tactical flight segments into a flight plan.