Pilot timeliness of safety decisions using information situation awareness

Information fusion includes interaction between users (e.g., pilot's) and machines (e.g., aircraft). As popularized by Boyd; the observe, orient, decide, act (OODA) paradigm captures a user's decision making ability. The OODA model has been used as a method of a pilot's situation awareness (SAW) in flying an aircraft. Improvements to the OODA model include the SAW model of perception, comprehension, and forecasting of events. SAW can include waypoint analysis, detecting emerging threats, as well as terrain navigation. In this paper, we analyze the timeliness of pilot actions to augment flight safety using the cognitive OODA (C-OODA) for engine outages. In a critical maneuver scenario, data collected and analyzed with the C-ODDA highlight pilot lead, immediate, delay, and no action responses which could shed light on cockpit control warnings.