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The following article contains the results taken from 3 operators and a total of 26 devices. Currently the simulator Industry covers around 2000 devices and around 600 training centers with multiple owners and operators. The sample is currently very small, and certainly does not cover the worldwide current status, in terms of the number of devices, or operators, but as stated at the beginning of this initiative, we have to start somewhere and try to persuade everyone that this initiative is a valid one for the industry.
Firstly, we need to explain the samples received, and their value. Samples were numbered, as were the devices, within the sample; therefore every operator has a 100 number: 100;101; and 102, etc. Devices were numbered as received on the list sent by operators, therefore operator 100's first device on the list is 100001, and so on. The data requested from all operators was the Usage Index and Reliability, as well as MTBF for the complete year of 2006. This was for several reasons. Taking the data for a complete year will provide a reasonable average for the device, avoiding a bad month, or update, or similar. At the same time it will enable us to see, and use this number, as an average for the last year, and to judge whether it should be considered good or bad. Operator 100 and 102 are airlines, while 101 is purely a simulator operator. The data received for all operators covered their Usage and Reliability, but not the MTBF.It seems that this is not yet an important parameter to record for some operators, and we will have to live with only the Usage and Reliability for now. Bands have to be defined in order to group devices and operators in groups: For Utilization, we will consider LOW to be below 50%; MEDIUM fpr between 60% and 80%; and HIGH for above 80%. For Reliability we will consider LOW to be below 99.50%; MEDIUM for 99.51% to 99.70%; and HIGH for above 99.70%. This banding is arbitrary and is only a start, anmd is subject to change as more data bacomes avaiable. The average Industry Usage or Utilization index of a simulator device for the year 2006 according to the sample received is: 63.07% or MEDIUM. The average Industry Relibility index of a simulator device for the year 2006 according to the sample received is: 99.40%= LOW. The graphs below illustrate the average, per operator, Usage and Reliability for all devices for the period of 2006. These show an interesting point so far; that the Usage and Reliability for an airline operator is higher than that for an pure simulator operator. This could be due to the fact that the sample is really small, or perhaps it is already pointing at a real difference? In terms of Usage and Reliablity the airline operator is ahead by a significant amount. More data is really needed to confirm whether this is an anomily in the small data sample, or a definate trend. As for devices, we also provide, as graphs, the distribution of the 26 devices across the bands for Utilization and Reliability already defined. Top 10 devices Utilization and reliability for the period of 2006: | Utilization - Top 10 | | Reliability - Top 10* | | DEV-ID | Utilisation | Reliability | | DEV-ID | Utilisation | Reliability | | 100005 | 95.39% | 99.60% | | 102003 | 94.10% | 99.80% | | 100004 | 94.71% | 99.66% | | 102004 | 94.71% | 99.66% | | 100003 | 94.10% | 99.80% | | 102005 | 95.39% | 99.60% | | 100002 | 93.43% | 99.16% | | 100015 | 73.80% | 99.60% | | 100009 | 84.30% | 99.20% | | 100008 | 75.40% | 99.50% | | 100014 | 76.70% | 99.40% | | 100013 | 75.20% | 99.50% | | 100010 | 75.60% | 99.40% | | 100014 | 76.70% | 99.40% | | 100008 | 75.40% | 99.50% | | 100010 | 75.60% | 99.40% | | 100013 | 75.20% | 99.50% | | 100009 | 84.30% | 99.20% | | 100015 | 73.80% | 99.60% | | 102002 | 93.43% | 99.16% |
*Note: The top 10 devices for reliability are calculated from the top 10 from Utilization on the basis that the higher the utilization, the more difficult it is to obtain a high reliability figure. The following table shows the complete data sample ordered within the bands, so every operator can identify their own device, and make their own conclusions. The table shows the period of 2006, ordered by Utilization. The Green and Amber shading indicates Above for Green and Below for Amber the average for the Operator, for example device 102003 Reliability is 99.16% this is above average of operator 102 and so on. | OPDEVID | USEI | RELI | | 102005 | 95.39% | 99.60% | | 102004 | 94.71% | 99.66% | | 102003 | 94.10% | 99.80% | | 102002 | 93.43% | 99.16% | | 100009 | 84.30% | 99.20% | | 100014 | 76.70% | 99.40% | | 100010 | 75.60% | 99.40% | | 100008 | 75.40% | 99.50% | | 100013 | 75.20% | 99.50% | | 100011 | 73.80% | 99.20% | | 100015 | 73.80% | 99.60% | | 102001 | 73.61% | 99.70% | | 100020 | 68.30% | 99.80% | | 100005 | 67.90% | 99.60% | | 100012 | 65.80% | 99.80% | | 100019 | 65.20% | 99.30% | | 100006 | 61.30% | 99.80% | | 100007 | 58.10% | 99.90% | | 101001 | 54.40% | 99.40% | | 100018 | 54.20% | 99.90% | | 101002 | 53.25% | 99.00% | | 100017 | 53.10% | 99.90% | | 101004 | 52.18% | 99.20% | | 101003 | 49.53% | 98.10% | | 100003 | 47.70% | 99.10% | | 100004 | 37.10% | 99.40% | | 101005 | 25.07% | 98.40% | | 100001 | 13.00% | 99.90% | | 100002 | 08.00% | 100.00% | | 101006 | 01.27% | 99.60% |
We are hoping this data and the graphs clear to all other operators, and that a data comparison is needed. This comparison will only be possible if data is provided. Our most sincere gratitude must be extended to those operators that believed in this initiative. Without them it would have been impossible to achieve what we have done so far. |
Re: Simulator Reliability – Results for Year 2006
Antonio February 24th, 2010 - 12:32 PM
It is a shame that no more data is available and even that operators are not willing to participate in these initiatives. |
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