System and method for auto-execution of aircraft check lists

An aircraft operation device (“AMC”), operative in conjunction with an aircraft having:

• avionics including avionic subsystems and a man machine interface (MMI), non-avionic systems, and a computer (ASC) operative to control the non-avionic systems, the aircraft operation device comprising:
• a checklist data repository operative to store, in computer memory, plural checklists including digital representations of at least one operation, wherein at least one of the plural checklists includes plural operations, some of which are to be performed in the aircraft's non-avionic systems, and others to be performed in the aircraft's avionic subsystems;
• at least one data bus providing a first data interface, governed by a first predetermined protocol, to said ASC and a second data interface, governed by a second predetermined protocol to said avionics;
• and
• logic operative to access said checklist data repository and, using a processor, to selectably perform at least one individual checklist from among said plural checklists including:
• generating commands, at least some of which are compatible with said first protocol and instruct said ASC to interface with at least one non-avionic system from among said non-avionic systems in accordance with an operation from among said plural operations in said individual checklist and at least some of which are compatible with said second protocol and instruct said AMC to interface with at least one subsystem from among said avionic subsystems in accordance with an operation from among said plural operations in said individual checklist;
• and
• feeding said commands compatible with said first protocol to said ASC via said first data interface and said commands compatible with said second protocol to said avionics via said second data interface.