Incapacitated pilot detection system

A pilot incapacitation detection system for an aircraft, the system comprising:

• a controller configured to receive an input from a flight control computer, evaluate based on the input, whether at least one of an inactivity milestone or a flight milestone has been achieved;
• and, responsive to the evaluation, determine whether the aircraft is in an abnormal state;
• a display comprising a user interface, the controller being configured to cause the user interface to generate a first prompt by a user interface in communication with the controller, the first prompt being associated with a first time threshold,
• the controller being further configured to:
• determine whether the first time threshold has been satisfied;
• responsive to determining that the first time threshold has been satisfied, initiate an emergency protocol and cause a second prompt by the user interface, the second prompt being associated with a second time threshold;
• determine whether the second time threshold has been satisfied;
• and
• responsive to determining that the second time threshold has been satisfied, carry out the emergency protocol.

A method of determining incapacitation of a pilot of an aircraft, the method comprising:

• determining, by a controller in communication with a flight control computer, a parameter associated with a current flight;
• determining, by the controller, that the aircraft is in an abnormal state based on a comparison between the parameter associated with the current flight and a predetermined flight metric;
• determining that at least one of an inactivity milestone or a flight milestone has been missed;
• causing, by the controller, a first prompt on a user interface in communication with the controller;
• determining that the first prompt has not been acknowledged;
• responsive to determining that the first prompt has not been acknowledged, determine that a pilot is incapacitated and cause a second prompt on the user interface;
• determine that the second prompt has not been acknowledged;
• and
• based on determining that the second prompt has not been acknowledged, carry out an emergency protocol.