Method for verifying the presence of equipment on board an aircraft, and associated device

A method for verifying the presence of equipment on board an aircraft, the method comprising:

• during a flight of the aircraft, implementing radio communication tests by means of a device on board the aircraft, so as to determine an in-flight list of equipment consisting of items of equipment having a quality of radio link with the radio communication device higher than a first predetermined quality threshold,
• after the flight, implementing radio communication tests by means of the device, so as to determine a post-flight list of equipment consisting of items of equipment having a quality of radio link with the radio communication device higher than a second predetermined quality threshold after the flight,
• generating an alert when an item of equipment is present on the in-flight list of equipment and absent from the post-flight list of equipment.

A system for verifying the presence of equipment on board an aircraft, the system for verifying the presence of equipment comprising a radio communication device configured to implement the following steps once on board the aircraft:

• during a flight of the aircraft, implementing radio communication tests, so as to determine an in-flight list of equipment consisting of items of equipment having a quality of radio link with the device higher than a first predetermined quality threshold,
• after the flight, implementing radio communication tests by the device so as to determine a post-flight list of equipment consisting of items of equipment having a quality of radio link with the device higher than a second predetermined threshold after the flight,
• generating an alert when an item of equipment is present on the in-flight list of equipment and absent from the post-flight list of equipment.