Development Approach of Playbook Interface for Human-Autonomy Teaming in Single Pilot Operations

This paper represents the development and the design of a Playbook interface which supports the coordination between human and autonomous teammates in Single Pilot Operations. The move from Dual-Pilot Operations to Single Pilot Operations necessitates that the autonomous teammate will perform some of the functions which are performed by pilots in Dual-Pilot Operations. The Playbook concept is inspired from the American football where team players get trained specific action sequences together, communicate in a common shorthand, and quickly adapt to changing conditions during games. The Playbook interface supports the ability of human and autonomous teammates to express their intentions and delegate functions to respond to a situation during flight. A walkthrough of a Playbook prototype with a use case is presented for Single Pilot Operations.