Flight Data Monitoring and Analysis is proving to be a key part of increased flight safety and operational efficiency
Flight data monitoring and analysis systems monitor the activity of an air traffic controller in the cockpit. This is usually done with onboard electronic data capture and storage devices and subsequent post-flight analysis software. The purpose of these systems is to record live aircraft movements and to provide an analysis. Many times, FDM systems are used together with radar detection systems to detect aircraft when in the air, on the ground, or in flight. FDM systems must be very reliable because of the time required to initiate and handle live events and the potential for data processing errors. Many FDM analytical and monitoring tools have been developed over the years. Some of them are command-line based, while others are run by text file applications. FDM analysis software is usually text-based. It runs on terminals and it requires special software for analysis. An important part of FDM is the verification of aircraft operations. For instance, all the flight data monitors m