A350

Presented by:
Frank Chapman
Experimental Test Pilot
A350 XWB
A Newcomer to the Airbus Family
Flight Operations Conference
Paris, 12th May 2009
AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.
The Interface is worth a Thousand Pictures
A350 XWB Flight Deck & Avionics Customer Focus Group, 24th-26th June 2008
June 24th to 26th 2008
Airbus cockpit design - A350XWB
Main drivers:
SAFETY
SECURITY
EFFICIENCY
COMFORT
Main inputs:
Customers
feed-back
Experience
Research
AIRBUS COCKPITS: A FAMILY STORY

Innovation
Commonality
A350XWB
Fly-By-Wire
Side-stick
Non back driven
Thrust Levers
EFIS
ECAM
FMS
Dark
cockpit
A320
A330
A340
A310
1983
Innovation
A380
Interactivity
Onboard Information System
Airport Navigation
Vertical Display
Integrated Radio Management
Panel
Electronic normal C/L & notsensed procedures
1988
2007
Large displays
flexibility
Extended
interactivity
Class 2 EFB
flexibility
2013
Contents
Flight Deck Organization

Cockpit functions according to flight crew tasks
Fly
Navigate
Communicate
Manage
Systems
Manage Mission
Cross Crew Qualification
Flight Deck organization
Fly
Communicate
Manage systems
Manage
Mission
Navigate
FLY
FLY Ground interfaces

Commonality for ground
manouevring
Nose
wheel steering
tiller
Rudder pedals and
brakes
Thrust levers
FLY Ground interfaces

Commonality in ground
steering
Nose
wheel steering
tiller
Rudder pedals and
brakes
Thrust levers
Optional Taxi camera

on PFD
FLY Flight interfaces

Commonality for flight
controls
Side-stick
pedals
Non back-driven thrust
levers
Rudder

Commonality for flight
controls
Side-stick
Rudder
pedals
Non back-driven thrust
levers
Commonality for config.

management
Flaps
and Speedbrakes
levers
Landing Gear and
Braking controls

PFD
Airbus
legacy design

PFD
Airbus
legacy design
Plus:
For A350XWB:
config. information
below PFD
More information
At the right place
At the right time
Engine Display
A350XWB:
ACUTE symbology
For

Auto-Flight
Commonality
Short-term tactical
controls on
glareshield
Flight Mode
Annunciator on PFD
For
A350XWB:
FCU Back-up on MFD
EFIS controls
Auto-Flight controls
Stand-by instruments
Integrated
Standard
600
design
since A340-
FLY Optional Head-Up Display
Dual or Single HUD
proposed as option
FLY
Commonality with the Airbus family

Fly
Communicate
Manage systems
Manage
Mission
Navigate
NAVIGATE Pilots interfaces

Navigation Display
Up
to now
Navigation Display
EFIS control panel

Navigation Display
Up
to now:
Navigation Display
For
A350XWB:
Enhanced EFIS
control panel
Vertical Display

Navigation Display
Up
to now:
Navigation Display
For
A350XWB:
Enhanced EFIS
control panel
Vertical Display
Airport Navigation
Multi
Function
Display
(MFD)
Keyboard
&
Cursor
Control
Unit
(KCCU)
Fly
Communicate
Manage systems
Manage
Mission
Navigate
COMMUNICATE
COMMUNICATE Pilots interfaces
COMMUNICATE Voice Com pilots interfaces
RMP
ACP
Voice Com
For
A350XWB:
Integrated Radio
Management Panel
With IFF control
MCDU
(Satcom
pages, Data
Link Status
pages)
COMMUNICATE Data Link pilots interfaces
Attention
Attention getter
getter
Shared
Shared ATC
ATC Mail
Mail Box
Box
ATC
ATC COM
COM page
page on
on MFD
MFD
NAVIGATE Data Link pilots interfaces

2 DCDUs
ATC Datalink
For
MCDU
A350XWB:
Shared central
Mail Box
ATC COM page
on MFD
COMMUNICATE
Commonality
Innovation
A350 XWB Flight Deck & Avionics Customer Focus Group, 24th-26th
June 2008
Fly
Communicate
Manage systems
Manage
Mission
Navigate
MANAGE SYSTEMS Pilots interfaces
Overhead Panel
Dark
cockpit:
No white lights
=
Systems are set
Ready to fly
Commonality:
same layout and

procedural flows

System Display
Auto
or manual
system pages
selection
A350XWB:
video monitoring
For
Cockpit Door
Cabin

Warning Display
For A350XWB:
Enhanced
ECAM
control panel
Sensed Abnormal and
Emergency
Procedures
Non-sensed Abnormal
& Emergency
procedures

Normal Check-Lists
SA &
LR:
paper QRH
A350XWB:
Normal C/L on MFD

KCCU interactivity
Fly
Communicate
Manage systems
Manage
Mission
Navigate
MANAGE MISSION

Improves access to pilots' operational information and
simplifies some of their tasks
Reduces the quantity of paper documents in the cockpit and
replaces them with electronic ones:
- improving information access and search

MANAGE MISSION Pilots interfaces

Since
1997: LPC available
A380:
class 3
Dedicated 12 screens
Sliding table keyboard
15.4
A350XWB:
Keyboard
Touchpad
Docking Station
KCCU
Modular and scalable offer

Class 2 EFB flexibility
Widest 15.4 displays,
common P/N with avionics
KCCU interactivity
A/L laptop
(Class 2)
Cockpit Interactivity Cursor navigation
CAPT
F/O
KCCU
KCCU
Similarity
Similaritywith
withA380
A380cursors
cursorsnavigation
navigation
Extension
ExtensiontotoOIS
OIS
FLEXIBILITY of 6 identical Large Displays
OIS on center
Each
pilot can send his

OIS on center to share
information
MFD is transferred on
external DU
MFD
CAPT
OIS
CAPT
View offside OIS
OIS
OIS
OIS
F/O
CAPT
F/O
MMEL targets
6 large displays with same P/N allows:
Dispatch with any DU failed without maintenance action (*)
Dispatch with two DUs failed with a simple maintenance action
( failed DU swapping to Outer positions) (*)
(*): Pending Authorities approval
Pilot Training
The A350XWB is a member of the AIRBUS family, and

will therefore benefit from Cross-Crew Qualification
Examples of CCQ programs (*):

A320 to A350XWB
11 days
A330/A340 to
A350XWB
10 days
A380 to A350XWB
5 days
(*): Pending
Authorities
approval
To
be compared
to a full transition course = 24 days
Conclusion
A350XWB
Maintain Commonality
Cockpit organization
Steering and Fly-By-Wire
Core Displays
Benefit from Innovation
Procedures (normal and

non-normal)
Training (CCQ, MFF)
6 identical Large
Displays flexibility
Extended interactivity
Class 2 EFB flexibility
Enhanced growth
capability
Operational Efficiency by Design


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Experimental Test Pilot

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

The Interface is worth a Thousand Pictures

June 24th to 26th 2008

Airbus cockpit design - A350XWB

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

June 24th to 26th 2008

AIRBUS COCKPITS: A FAMILY STORY

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

Flight Deck Organization

Cross Crew Qualification

June 24th to 26th 2008

Flight Deck organization

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

June 24th to 26th 2008

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

June 24th to 26th 2008

FLY Ground interfaces

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

June 24th to 26th 2008

FLY Ground interfaces

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

Optional Taxi camera

June 24th to 26th 2008

FLY Flight interfaces

June 24th to 26th 2008

FLY Flight interfaces

Commonality for config.

June 24th to 26th 2008

FLY Flight interfaces

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

June 24th to 26th 2008

FLY Flight interfaces

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

June 24th to 26th 2008

FLY Flight interfaces

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

June 24th to 26th 2008

FLY Flight interfaces

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

FCU Back-up on MFD

June 24th to 26th 2008

FLY Flight interfaces

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

June 24th to 26th 2008

FLY Optional Head-Up Display

Dual or Single HUD

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

June 24th to 26th 2008

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

Commonality with the Airbus family

June 24th to 26th 2008

Flight Deck organization

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

June 24th to 26th 2008

NAVIGATE Pilots interfaces

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

June 24th to 26th 2008

NAVIGATE Pilots interfaces

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.

June 24th to 26th 2008

NAVIGATE Pilots interfaces

AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document.