Patent ID: 7340327

Claim:
A longitudinal piloting system for a taxiing aircraft, said system including: a plurality of engines that generates a thrust of the aircraft, each of said engines being controlled by a first associated controllable actuator, in accordance with a received control command; and a plurality of brakes that reduces the speed of the aircraft when the aircraft is taxiing, each of said brakes being controlled by a second associated controllable actuator, in accordance with a received control command, said system further including: a control unit that generates a piloting setpoint which relates to the longitudinal behavior of the aircraft; and a central processing unit for automatically determining, from said piloting setpoint, a plurality of individual control commands which are automatically applied respectively to said first and second actuators and which, as applied to said first and second actuators, satisfy said piloting setpoint, as well as a usage objective of said first and second actuators.