Aircrew training system

A method for assessing gaze activity of a flight simulator user, comprising:

• (a) acquiring gaze scan data during a flight simulation session, said gaze scan data indicating successive points of intersection of a visual gaze of a user on a display of the flight simulator;
• (b) determining a current operational context of the flight simulator;
• (c) retrieving experienced gaze data associated with a stored operational context associated with the current operational context;
• (d) determining whether or not the gaze scan data differs from the experienced gaze data by more than a threshold;
• and
• (e) generating performance assessment data representing the result of step (d).

An aircrew training system comprising:

• a computer system hosting a flight simulator configured to generate out-of-cockpit view video data, instrumentation view video data and variable data indicating a current state of the flight simulator;
• first and second display means for presenting said out-of-cockpit view video data and said instrumentation view video data;
• a gaze tracker configured to output gaze scan data indicating successive points of intersection of a visual gaze of a user viewing said first display means;
• and
• an analysis server configured to analyze data from said flight simulator and said gaze scan data to generate performance assessment data, following which said second display means displays textual and/or graphical indicators representing said performance assessment data overlying either out-of-cockpit view video data or instrumentation view video data.

An electronic device comprising:

• a communications interface configured to receive out-of-cockpit view video data, instrumentation view video data, gaze scan data, and performance deviation data;
• a display screen;
• and
• a computer system programmed to control said display screen to display said out-of-cockpit view video data in a first window on said display screen, display said instrumentation view video data in a second window on said display screen, display a current gaze intersection point indicator overlaid on a location within one of said first and second windows specified by said gaze scan data, and display a performance flag overlaid on one of said first and second windows which indicates a nature of a performance deviation specified by said performance deviation data.