Patent ID: 8204636
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: B64D,G01C

Abstract:
1. A device for managing a rest period, in flight, of a pilot in a cockpit of an airplane, wherein it includes: means for acquiring at least one input parameter characteristic of an event generating the end of a rest period desired by the pilot wishing to have a rest, calculation means for updating the remaining time of the rest period and or a scheduled position of the airplane along a programmed trajectory, at the end of the desired rest period, from at least one acquired input parameter and airplane parameters, means for displaying information on the updated remaining time of the rest period and or on the scheduled position of the airplane, when the desired rest period is over, said parameter acquisition means and information display means being so arranged in the cockpit as to be accessible to the pilot wishing to have a rest from a flight control seat, and wherein said device is inactive for at least a position, so-called flying position, of a seat on which the pilot is seated and is configured to be activated for at least one position, so-called rest position, of said seat, said seat being provided with a pilot's isolation device, capable of isolating the pilot from the sound and or light environment in the cockpit, said isolation device consisting of at least a first position when it is inactive and at least a second position when it is active.