Along with the development of civil aircrafts, machine learning helps the crew members to do a lot.
For example, automated system have been an area of concern in commercial aviation for years, with the adoption of fly-by-wire control and automated flight system, machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies are taking on the workload of the crew members in the cockpit, and even becoming another co-pilot.
Articles:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262764214_Machine_Learning_Model_for_Aircraft_Performances
https://www.altexsoft.com/blog/engineering/ai-airlines/