Method to facilitate retrieving an all ready reviewed datalink message for review again

A method to save and retrieve selected messages in a data messaging system, the method comprising:

• displaying a message log on a human-machine-interface (HMI) device;
• selecting at least one message identified for quick retrieval at a later time for storage in at least one save-selected-message log in one of a functional module and a computer;
• storing the at least one selected message identified for quick retrieval in at least one save-selected-message log in one of the functional module and the computer;
• displaying titles of the messages in the at least one save-selected-message log on the HMI device in place of the message log;
• and
• displaying a selected message associated with a title selected from the displayed titles of the messages in the at least one save-selected-message log.

An avionics data messaging system, comprising:

• means for displaying at least one of an air-traffic control (ATC) message log and an airline operational communication (AOC) message log on a Multi-function Control and Display Unit (MCDU);
• means for selecting at least one message identified for quick retrieval at a later time from the at least one of the ACT message log and the AOC message log;
• means for sending the at least one selected message to the at least one save-selected-message log in at least one of a communication management unit (CMU), a communication management function (CMF), a flight management computer (FMC), or an air traffic control computer;
• means for storing the at least one selected message identified for quick retrieval in at least one save-selected-message log, wherein a number of messages in the at least one save-selected-message log is much less than a number of messages in the message log by an end of a flight of an aircraft;
• means for displaying titles of the messages in the at least one save-selected-message log on the MCDU in place of the message log;
• and
• means for displaying a selected message associated with a title selected from the displayed titles of the messages in the at least one save-selected-message log.