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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2017
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Katarina Alexis Morowsky, Corvallis, OR (US);
Aaron Gannon, Anthem, AZ (US);
Ivan Sandy Wyatt, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method in an aircraft computing system for facilitating communication between a flight crew and external communication facility (ECF) such as air traffic control (ATC) or airline operational control (AOC) is provided. The method comprises monitoring aircraft data by an aircraft computing system for a plurality of pre-defined, non-emergency conditions, detecting, by the aircraft computing system, a pre-defined, non-emergency condition requiring communication from the flight crew to the ECF, automatically generating and displaying a computer-generated message on an aircraft cockpit display responsive to detecting the condition requiring communication from the flight crew to the ECF, providing a selection option for transmitting the message to the ECF, and transmitting the message to the ECF in accordance with the option selected.