Alaska Airlines has entered into a collaboration agreement with Seeing Machines, a computer vision technology company specialising in transport safety.
The company will collaborate on advanced gaze tracking technology to understand how pilots scan and monitor instruments during complex maneuvers and instrument procedures.
The partnership has developed a proof of concept for Seeing Machines' crew training system in an Alaska Airlines' Boeing 737 full-flight simulator environment.
Australian-based Seeing Machines develops advanced, high-precision technologies that enable machines to see, understand and assist people. The company's AI-driven head and eye tracking technology has already been used to improve safety across a number of industries including mining, road and rail transport.
The collaboration aims to shape how Seeing Machines' non-intrusive crew training system can provide Alaska Airlines pilots and flight instructors with objective, evidence-based data to provide unique insights into instrument scanning behaviour resulting in enhanced situational awareness and improved training outcomes.
The proof of concept used actual Alaska Airlines training environments and scenarios to maximise the quality and applicability of the data collected.