RESPONSE will support pilots’ incapacitation transition monitoring and deliver an air-to-ground integrated Single Pilot Operations (SiPO) Concept of Operations (CONOPS) to enhance safe return-to-land procedures. This includes introducing the role of air-to-ground digital assistants to minimize the changes required when transitioning from dual-pilot operations to SiPO, including dealing with pilot incapacitation scenarios in the flight deck.

The project will deliver a technology enabler to detect pilot incapacitation and map cognitive states and degradation of human performance. The implementation of this technology will also impact Air Traffic Control (ATC) operators’ tasks and the role of human autonomy and digital assistants teaming to support workload reduction.