Implications of pilot reliability on the probability of unmanned aircraft crashes

Abstract

This paper presents the issue of human reliability in the perspective of the safety of missions carried out by unmanned aerial vehicles, known as drones. The ever-increasing range of applications and widespread access to drones generates the risk of collisions, which greatly affects the safety of people, the environment and infrastructure elements. The aim of this study was to determine reliability for two variants of operations scenarios for different levels of pilot experience and to compare them. The analysis of pilot reliability, carried out using the HEART method, indicated that there are a number of factors that determine the level of pilot reliability affecting the probability of a collision occurring.