Eye Track Technology in Process of Pilot Training Optimization

The quality of pilot training is an important part of increasing aviation safety. Nowadays is no common and standardized training content on the assessment of instrument scanning performance and situation awareness for pilots. Our research investigates the potential of using eye track technology to track eye movement to support pilot flight simulator training. For the relevance of the data, we verified our theory in practice during the training of pilots on the L-410 UVP-E20 fixed base flight simulator and ELITE S923 FNPT II MCC flight simulator configured as a Beechcraft King Air B200 turboprop located at Airport Zilina. After the flight, pilots could check the correct scanning technique, total dwell time, number of fixations, saccades, scan maps, and pupil size. This option has proven to be very effective not only for pilots themselves but also for instructors, especially in the case of inexperienced pilots starting with instrument flying.