Self-sufficient resource-pooling system for risk sharing of airspace risks related to natural disaster events

Abstract

The invention relates to a self-sufficient resource-pooling system ( 1 ) for risk sharing of a variable number of risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81, . . . , 84 ) related to airspace risks, wherein resources of the risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81, . . . , 84 ) are pooled by the system ( 1 ) and a self-sufficient risk protection is provided for the risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81, . . . , 84 ) by means of the system ( 1 ) preventing imminent grounding or operational collapse as a consequence of an occurrence of a natural disaster events, such as volcanic eruptions. The risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81, . . . , 84 ) are connected to the system ( 1 ) by means of a plurality of payment-receiving modules configured to receive and store payments from the risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81, . . . , 84 ) for the pooling of their risks and resources and loss cover is provided based on the pooled resources and risks by means of the system ( 1 ).

1 . Self-sufficient resource-pooling system ( 1 ) related to airspace risks for risk sharing of a variable number of risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ) by pooling resources of the risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ) and by providing a self-sufficient risk protection based on the pooled resources for the risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ) by means of the resource-pooling system ( 1 ), wherein risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ) are connected to the system ( 1 ) by means of a plurality of payment-receiving modules configured to receive and store payments from the risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ) for the pooling of their risks and resources, characterized,
 in that the system ( 1 ) comprises capturing means to receive transmitted fight plan parameters ( 102 ,  202 ) of the pooled risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ), wherein by means of a filter module the transmitted fight plan parameters ( 102 ,  202 ) are filtered for the detection of airport indicators indicating flown to airports ( 91 , . . . ,  94 ) by the corresponding pooled risk exposed aircraft fleet ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ), and wherein by means of the filtered airport indicators ( 1012 ,  2012 ) detected airports ( 91 , . . . ,  94 ) are stored to a table element ( 101 ,  201 ) of a selectable trigger-table ( 103 ,  203 ) assigned to an aircraft fleet identifier of the corresponding pooled risk exposed aircraft fleet,   in that the system ( 1 ) comprises a trigger module ( 4 ) dynamically triggering on an airport data flow pathway of ground stations ( 911 , . . . ,  914 ) situated at said flown to airports ( 91 , . . . ,  94 ) based on the stored airport indicators of the trigger-table ( 103 ,  203 ), wherein in case of a triggering of an occurrence of an airport closing of one of the airports ( 91 , . . . ,  94 ) comprised in the selectable trigger-table ( 103 ,  203 ), operational parameters of the triggered airport ( 91 , . . .  94 ) comprising at least time interval parameters ( 1011 ,  2011 ) of the airport closing are captured and stored assigned to the corresponding table element ( 101 ,  201 ),   in that for each triggered occurrence of an airport closing of one of the airports ( 91 , . . . ,  94 ) assigned to a table element ( 101 ,  201 ) of the selectable trigger-table ( 103 ,  203 ), the captured operational parameters of the airport closing are matched with natural disaster event data comprised in a predefined searchable table of natural disaster events in order to relate the airport closing to an occurrence of a natural disaster event comprised in the searchable table of natural disaster events by means of the core engine ( 2 ),   in that in case that a match is established by the core engine ( 2 ), a corresponding trigger-flag is set by means of the core engine ( 2 ) to the assigned risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ) of the airport indicator ( 1012 ,  2012 ), and a parametric transfer of payments is assigned to this corresponding trigger-flag, wherein a loss associated with the triggered airport closing is distinctly covered by the system ( 1 ) based on the respective trigger-flag and based on the received and stored payment parameters from the pooled risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ) by the parametric payment transfer from the system ( 1 ) to the corresponding risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ).   
     
     
         2 . Self-sufficient system ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the predefined searchable table of natural disaster events comprises table elements for each of the predefined risk transferred to the resource-pooling system  1 , wherein each risk is related to parameters of a table element, defining the natural disaster events, and wherein the resource pooling system ( 1 ) further comprises means for dynamically detect occurrences of such natural disaster events and set appropriate indicator flags in the table element of the corresponding risk together with storing related natural disaster event data and/or measuring parameters indicating at least time of occurrence and/or affected region of the natural disaster event. 
     
     
         3 . Self-sufficient system ( 1 ) according to one of the  claim 1  or  2 , wherein an additional filter module ( 5 ) of said core engine ( 2 ) dynamically incrementing a time-based stack with the transmitted time interval parameters ( 1011 ,  2011 ) based on the selectable trigger-table ( 103 ,  203 ) and activating the assignment of the parametric transfer of payments to the corresponding trigger-flag by means of the filter module ( 5 ) if a threshold, triggered on the incremented stack value, is reached. 
     
     
         4 . Self-sufficient system ( 1 ) according to  claim 3 , wherein said threshold, triggered on the incremented stack value, is set to bigger-equal 5 and smaller-equal 10 days. 
     
     
         5 . Self-sufficient system ( 1 ) according to one of the  claims 1  to  4 , wherein the ground stations ( 911 , . . . ,  914 ) are linked via a communication network ( 50 , 51 ) to the core engine ( 2 ), and wherein the trigger module ( 4 ) is dynamically triggering on the airport data flow pathway of ground stations ( 911 , . . . ,  914 ) via said communication network ( 50 , 51 ). 
     
     
         6 . Self-sufficient system ( 1 ) according to one of the  claims 1  to  5 , wherein said assignment of the parametric transfer of payments to the corresponding trigger-flag is only activated, if said transmission comprises a definable minimum number of airport identifications assigned to airport closings thus creating an implicit geographic spread of the closed airports of the flight plan. 
     
     
         7 . Self-sufficient system ( 1 ) according to one of the  claims 1  to  5 , wherein said assignment of the parametric transfer of payments to the corresponding trigger-flag is automated activated by means of the system ( 1 ) for a dynamically scalable loss covering of the aircraft fleet ( 41 , . . . ,  44 ) with an definable upper coverage limit. 
     
     
         8 . Self-sufficient system ( 1 ) according to  claim 7 , wherein said upper coverage limit is set to smaller-equal US$ 100 million. 
     
     
         9 . Self-sufficient system ( 1 ) according to one of the  claims 1  to  8 , wherein the risk-pooling system ( 1 ) comprises an assembly module to process risk related aircraft fleet data and to provide the likelihood for said risk exposure a pooled aircraft fleet ( 41 , . . . ,  44 ) based on the risk related aircraft fleet data, wherein the aircraft fleets ( 41 , . . . ,  44 ) are connected to the resource-pooling system by means of the plurality of payment receiving modules configured to receive and store payments from the pooled aircraft fleets ( 41 , . . . ,  44 ) for the pooling of their risks and wherein the payments are automated scaled based on the likelihood of said risk exposure of a specific aircraft fleet ( 41 , . . . ,  44 ). 
     
     
         10 . Self-sufficient system ( 1 ) according to one of the  claims 1  to  9 , wherein the filter module ( 5 ) of said core engine ( 2 ) comprises an additional trigger device for triggering if said transmission from the trigger module ( 4 ) is induced by an applicable third party, wherein the transmission of the parameters includes said time interval parameter ( 1011 ,  2011 ) of an airport closing and an airport identification ( 1012 ,  2012 ), and wherein, if the airport closing is third-party induced, the stack is dynamically incrementable with the transmitted time interval parameters ( 1011 ,  2011 ), while otherwise the stack is not incrementable. 
     
     
         11 . A method for risk sharing of a variable number of risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ) by means of a self-sufficient system ( 1 ) related to airspace risks by pooling resources of the risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ) and by providing a self-sufficient risk protection for the risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ) by means of the system ( 1 ) preventing imminent grounding or damages following natural disaster events, wherein risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ) are connected to the system ( 1 ) by means of a plurality of payment-receiving modules, and wherein payments from the risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ) are received and stored by means of the plurality of payment-receiving modules for the pooling of the risks and resources of the risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ), characterized,
 in that transmitted fight plan parameters ( 102 ,  202 ) of the pooled risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ) are received by means of capturing means, wherein by means of a filter module the transmitted fight plan parameters ( 102 ,  202 ) are filtered for airport indicators indicating flown to airports ( 91 , . . . ,  94 ) by the corresponding pooled risk exposed aircraft fleet ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ), and wherein by means of the filtered airport indicators ( 1012 ,  2012 ) detected airports ( 91 , . . . ,  94 ) are stored to a table element ( 101 ,  201 ) of a selectable trigger-table ( 103 ,  203 ) assigned to an aircraft fleet identifier of the corresponding pooled risk exposed aircraft fleet,   in that a trigger module ( 4 ) dynamically triggers on an airport data flow pathway of ground stations ( 911 , . . . ,  914 ) situated at said flown to airports ( 91 , . . . ,  94 ) of the fight plans ( 102 , 202 ), wherein in case of a triggering of an occurrence of an airport closing of one of the airports ( 91 , . . . ,  94 ) comprised in the selectable trigger-table ( 103 ,  203 ), operational parameters of the triggered airport ( 91 , . . .  94 ) comprising at least time interval parameters ( 1011 ,  2011 ) of the airport closing are stored assigned to the corresponding table element ( 101 ,  201 ) of the selectable trigger-table ( 103 ,  203 ) based on the triggered airport indicator ( 1012 ,  2012 ),   in that each triggered occurrence of an airport closing of one of the airports ( 91 , . . . ,  94 ) of the selectable trigger-table ( 103 ,  203 ), the operational parameters of the corresponding table element ( 101 ,  201 ) are matched with natural disaster event data comprised in a predefined searchable table of natural disaster events in order to determine a possible relation of the airport closing to an occurrence of a natural disaster event comprised in the searchable table of natural disaster events by means of the core engine ( 2 ),   in that in case that said relation is established by the core engine ( 2 ), a corresponding trigger-flag is set by means of the core engine ( 2 ) to the assigned risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ) of the airport indicator ( 1012 ,  2012 ) of the triggered airport closing, and a parametric transfer of payments is assigned to this corresponding trigger-flag, wherein a loss associated with the triggered airport closing is distinctly covered by the system ( 1 ) based on the respective trigger-flag and based on the received and stored payment parameters from the pooled risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ) by the parametric transfer from the system ( 1 ) to the corresponding risk exposed aircraft fleets ( 81 , . . . ,  84 ).   
     
     
         12 . Method according to  claim 11 , wherein an additional filter module ( 5 ) of said core engine ( 2 ) dynamically increments a time-based stack with the transmitted time interval parameters ( 1011 ,  2011 ) based on the selectable trigger-table ( 103 ,  203 ) and activates the assignment of the parametric transfer of payments to the corresponding trigger-flag by means of the filter module ( 5 ) if a threshold, triggered on the incremented stack value, is reached. 
     
     
         13 . Method according to  claim 12 , wherein said threshold, triggered on the incremented stack value, is set to bigger-equal 5 and smaller-equal 10 days. 
     
     
         14 . Method according to one of the  claims 11  to  13 , wherein the ground stations ( 911 , . . . ,  914 ) are linked via a communication network ( 50 , 51 ) to the core engine ( 2 ), and wherein the trigger module ( 4 ) dynamically triggers on the airport data flow pathway of ground stations ( 911 , . . . ,  914 ) via said communication network ( 50 , 51 ). 
     
     
         15 . Method according to one of the  claims 11  to  14 , wherein said assignment of the parametric transfer of payments to the corresponding trigger-flag is only activated, if said transmission comprises a definable minimum number of airport identifications assigned to airport closings thus creating an implicit geographic spread of the closed airports of the flight plan. 
     
     
         16 . Method according to one of the  claims 11  to  15 , wherein said assignment of the parametric transfer of payments to the corresponding trigger-flag is automated activated by means of the system ( 1 ) for a dynamically scalable loss covering of the aircraft fleet ( 41 , . . . ,  44 ) with an definable upper coverage limit. 
     
     
         17 . Method according to  claim 16 , wherein said upper coverage limit is set to smaller-equal US$ 100 million. 
     
     
         18 . Method according to one of the  claims 11  to  17 , wherein risk related aircraft fleet data is processed by means of an assembly module and the likelihood for said risk exposure of an aircraft fleet ( 41 , . . . ,  44 ) is provided based on the risk related aircraft fleet data, wherein the aircraft fleets ( 41 , . . . ,  44 ) are connected to the resource-pooling system by means of the plurality of payment receiving modules configured to receive and store payments from the pooled aircraft fleets ( 41 , . . . ,  44 ) for the pooling of their risks and wherein the payments are automated scaled based on the likelihood of said risk exposure of a specific aircraft fleet ( 41 , . . . ,  44 ). 
     
     
         19 . Method according to one of the  claims 11  to  18 , wherein the filter module ( 5 ) of said core engine ( 2 ) comprises an additional trigger device for triggering if said transmission from the trigger module ( 4 ) is induced by an applicable third party, wherein the transmission of the parameters includes said time interval parameter ( 1011 ,  2011 ) of an airport closing and an airport identification ( 1012 ,  2012 ), and wherein, if the airport closing is third-party induced, the stack is dynamically incremented with the transmitted time interval parameters ( 1011 ,  2011 ), while otherwise the stack is left unchanged.