Patent ID: 7098810

Claim:
An apparatus for performing auto-recovery for an aircraft, the aircraft includes position and information systems and an automatic flight control system, the apparatus comprising: memory for storing terrain data, airport data, obstacle data, and protected airspace data; and a processor coupled to the memory, the position and information systems, and the automatic flight control system, the processor comprising: a component for determining if one of a caution alert or a warning alert exists based on data stored in the memory and information received from the position and information systems; a component for waiting a predefined period of time for positive flight control input by the flight crew; a component for generating two or more auto-recovery routes; and a component for generating an auto-recovery instruction and sending the generated auto-recovery instruction to the automatic flight control system if no positive flight control input has been performed at time of expiration of the waiting period; wherein the component for determining includes a component for setting an integrity flag high or low and wherein the component for generating the auto recovery instruction sends the auto-recovery instruction to the automatic flight control system if the integrity flag is set high.