System and method for displaying an electronic checklist for an aircraft

A system comprising:

• display equipment;
• and
• a processor coupled to the display equipment, the processor configured to:
• cause the display equipment to display at least a portion of an electronic checklist associated with an aircraft at a first portion of the display equipment;
• cause the display equipment to display a plurality of control elements of a first control page of a plurality of control pages at a second portion of the display equipment concurrently with the portion of the electronic checklist at the first portion of the display equipment, the plurality of control elements corresponding to a graphical representation of at least one control system of the aircraft, the plurality of control elements comprising a first control element and a second control element;
• receive a selection of the second control element while the first control element is an active item of the electronic checklist, wherein no control commands are sent to one or more components of the at least one control system of the aircraft in response to the selection of the second control element responsive to the first control element being the active item of the electronic checklist;
• cause a subsystem controller to send one or more control commands to one or more components of the aircraft responsive to a selection of the first control element of the plurality of control elements while the first control element is the active item of the electronic checklist;
• responsive to determining completion of the active item of the electronic checklist, determine that a third item of the electronic checklist is associated with a second control page of the plurality of control pages, the second control page different from the first control page;
• and
• responsive to determining that the third item of the electronic checklist is associated with the second control page, cause the display equipment to display at least one control element of the second control page of the plurality of control pages at the second portion concurrently with the portion of the electronic checklist at the first portion, wherein the second control page is distinct from the first control page, wherein the second portion includes control elements from a single control page at a time, wherein the plurality of control elements is associated with a first system of the aircraft, and wherein the second control page includes a second plurality of control elements associated with a second system of the aircraft, and wherein the first system is distinct from the second system.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• cause display equipment of an aircraft to display at least a portion of an electronic checklist at a first portion of the display equipment;
• cause the display equipment to display a plurality of control elements of a first control page of a plurality of control pages at a second portion of the display equipment concurrently with the portion of the electronic checklist at the first portion of the display equipment, the plurality of control elements corresponding to a graphical representation of at least one control system of the aircraft, the plurality of control elements comprising a first control element and a second control element;
• receive a selection of the second control element while the first control element is an active item of the electronic checklist, wherein no control commands are sent to one or more components of the at least one control system of the aircraft in response to the selection of the second control element responsive to the first control element being the active item of the electronic checklist;
• cause a subsystem controller to send one or more control commands to one or more components of the aircraft responsive to a selection of the first control element of the plurality of control elements while the first control element is the active item of the electronic checklist
• responsive to determining completion of the active item of the electronic checklist, determine that a third item of the electronic checklist is associated with a second control page of the plurality of control pages, the second control page different from the first control page;
• and
• responsive to determining that the third item of the electronic checklist is associated with the second control page, cause the display equipment to display at least one control element of the second control page of the plurality of control pages at the second portion concurrently with the portion of the electronic checklist at the first portion, wherein the second control page is distinct from the first control page, wherein the second portion includes control elements from a single control page at a time, wherein the plurality of control elements is associated with a first system of the aircraft, and wherein the second control page includes a second plurality of control elements associated with a second system of the aircraft, and wherein the first system is distinct from the second system.