Os Sistemas de Manutenção Embarcados atuais das aeronaves executivas VLJ e LJ não são explorados em todo seu potencial. O downtime dessas aeronaves, tempo de indisponibilidade da aeronave para realização de manutenção, é alto em função dos processos de manutenção executados atualmente. O objetivo do trabalho foi de analisar melhorias para os SMEs que visam diminuir o downtime, trazendo para o SME funções de monitoramento de eventos extremos, ativação de built-in tests, integração com Data Link e publicações técnicas. Concluiu-se que incorporar as funções propostas traz uma redução de 81% no downtime na execução dessas funções e uma redução de 17% no downtime global das aeronaves, um resultado bastante expressivo dentro do contexto executivo.

Currently, business aviation is giving rise to a new market in aeronautical industry: the on-demand, per-seat air taxi service. Improved technology, higher efficiency and lower airport fees (due a transition to secondary airports) have promoted the use of business jets as a more popular means of transportation. In this model, Very Light jets offer an alternative option for distances flown by regular airlines or even traveled by automobiles. Several established manufacturers such as EMBRAER and Cessna have launched products to capture a market share of this new segment. There are also newer companies and startups such as Adam Aircraft industries and Eclipse Aviation that are building their first jets as competitor of the two companies above. In order to assess the competitiveness of these projects and the potential for this new market, a cost analysis tool was used to assess a hypothetical air-taxi operator in Europe using a parametric analysis. The influence of primary and secondary factors on the coast and operational margin was studied and the pricing strategy was compared to current business jet charter options from Charter X and airline tickets from Orbitz.

The introduction of Very Light Jets (VLJ) worldwide in the modern aviation environment represents a potential challenge in terms of safety and investigation. The VLJs are intended to be flown by a single pilot and carry a high level of automation, with state of the art glass cockpits and extensive use of onboard software. Although in some cases it is not even mandatory for them to carry a CVR/FDR, some manufacturers choose to provide these recorders for their VLJ in order to improve the safety and investigation resources. The FDR will be more limited than the ones used in commercial aviation, but, nonetheless, will open the possibility for some important safety monitoring programs, like Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA). This study describes modern VLJs and recorder systems, then covers the selection of the parameters for the FDR dataframe of a VLJ and proposes the structure of a FOQA program for this type of aircraft, taking as example the EMBRAER Phenom 100. The events to be monitored by this program are summarized and applied to real incidents and accidents that occurred with VLJs in order to show how FOQA can help preventing them.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo estudar os principais riscos à segurança operacional apresentados pela entrada em serviço dos jatos executivos leves (VLJ - Very Light Jets). Para isso, o mercado atual e suas perspectivas são apresentados e as principais aeronaves do segmento são descritas. As diculdades geradas pela operação dessas aeronaves são analisadas com ênfase nas fases de aproximação e pouso. Por fim, é realizado estudo de circunstâncias potencialmente causadoras de acidentes, bem como de suas principais defesas.