The operational rules

Rules for normal operation

  Rules about normal cruising need to enable the flyover mode.

  Probably, because the rules were not explicitly set, the flyover mode set was linked with the throttle mode set.

  The proper rules should link each of the tow mode sets to a primary mode set, enabling linking each of them to the cruising mode  individually.

Rules for alarm generation

In case of detection of an exceptional situation, a rule should enable providing proper alarms, referring to recovery instructions.

Rules for emergency operation

Rules specifying means for the operator (the captain) for setting special emergency modes:

• Control mode: overriding the protection envelop, to use when the operator knows for sure what to do
• Trust mode: let the machine decide about the safe activities, to use in case of confusion.

  Guidelines about specifying rules for human-machine control allocation 

Updated on 20 Apr 2016.