A flying assistance method for assisting flying of an aircraft, the aircraft comprising an automatic pilot system with a plurality of preprogrammed flying modes, the flying assistance method comprising the following steps:
- configuring at least one flying mode so as to form a configured flying mode, the configuring comprising:
- selecting, by a user, a selected flying mode from among at least one available flying mode taken from among the preprogrammed flying modes, and
- inputting at least one flying setpoint associated with the selected flying mode;
- presenting, to the user, the or each configured flying mode and the associated flying setpoint;
- engaging at least one configured flying mode, the configured flying mode becoming an engaged flying mode;
- flying of the aircraft by the automatic pilot system based on the flying setpoint of the or each engaged flying mode;
- collecting at least one avionics parameter representative of a flying context;
- and
- restricting configuration possibilities of the flying modes based on the or each collected avionics parameter.