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An aircraft system includes a visual display system; a printer; and a flight management system coupled to the visual display system and the printer. The flight management system includes a processor and a plurality of data sources coupled to the processor. The processor includes a crew interface mod

An aircraft system includes a visual display system; a printer; and a flight management system coupled to the visual display system and the printer. The flight management system includes a processor and a plurality of data sources coupled to the processor. The processor includes a crew interface module coupled to the plurality of data sources, a display driver coupled to the crew interface module and the visual display system, and a printer driver coupled to the crew interface module and the printer. The crew interface module is configured to generate a report from data from the data sources and to send the report to the visual display system via the display driver. The visual display system is configured to receive the report and to display the report.

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1. An aircraft system, comprising: a visual display system;a printer; anda flight management system coupled to the visual display system and the printer, the flight management system including a processor and a plurality of data sources coupled to the processor,the processor comprising a crew interf

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An aircraft system, comprising: a visual display system;a printer; anda flight management system coupled to the visual display system and the printer, the flight management system including a processor and a plurality of data sources coupled to the processor,the processor comprising a crew interface module coupled to the plurality of data sources, a display driver coupled to the crew interface module and the visual display system, and a printer driver coupled to the crew interface module and the printer,the crew interface module configured to generate a report from data from the data sources and to send the report to the visual display system via the display driver, the visual display system configured to receive the report and to display the report,wherein the crew interface module includes a scrolling graphical component that converts a first portion of the data of the report into a scrollable list for display on the visual display system, wherein the visual display system is configured to display a first display portion and a second display portion on a single screen, the first display portion including the scrollable list and the second display portion being unscrollable, wherein the visual display system is configured to display the second display portion in a printable format, and wherein the printer, via the printer driver, is configured to print the second display portion in the printable format and the first display portion as an unscrolled list. 2. The aircraft system of claim 1, wherein the crew interface module is additionally configured to send the report to the printer via the printer driver. 3. The aircraft system of claim 1, wherein the crew interface module includes a format module for formatting the data from the data sources into the report. 4. The aircraft system of claim 1, wherein the crew interface is additionally configured to send the report to the printer via the printer driver, and wherein the printer is configured to print the first portion of the data in tabular form. 5. The aircraft system of claim 1, wherein the visual display system includes a display for displaying the report and an input interface configured to receive input from a user, the input interface including at least one report button for requesting the display of the report. 6. The aircraft system of claim 1, wherein the visual display system includes a first button displayed with the report and configured to request a screen page on the visual display system. 7. The aircraft system of claim 6, wherein the crew interface module is additionally configured to send the report to the printer via the printer driver, the visual display system including a second button displayed with the report and configured to have the report sent to the printer for printing. 8. The aircraft system of claim 1, wherein the visual display system is a graphical multi-functional display system. 9. The aircraft system of claim 1, wherein the visual display system is an ARINC 661 system or an OpenGL graphics system. 10. The aircraft system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to generate the report and to provide the report to the display driver in device-independent graphics command, and wherein the display driver is configured to convert the device-independent graphics commands into visual display commands. 11. The aircraft system of claim 1, wherein the crew interface module is configured to generate the report as a flight plan report. 12. The aircraft system of claim 1, wherein the crew interface module is configured to generate the report as at least one of a flight summary report, a terminal weather report, and an airport information report. 13. The aircraft system of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the data includes information larger than the first display portion that forms the scrollable list on the first display portion, the printer configured to print the unscrolled list of the first portion of data corresponding to the scrollable list. 14. A method for providing a report to a user in an aircraft, comprising the steps of: selecting a report key on a visual display system;collecting information in a crew interface module from a plurality of data sources;formatting the information into a report represented by device-independent graphics commands;providing the device-independent graphics commands representing the report to a display driver;displaying the report on a display of the visual display system, including at least one portion of the report displayed as a scrollable list; andprinting the report on a printer, including providing the device-independent graphics commands to a printer driver. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the displaying step including displaying a key selectable by the user for printing the report. 16. The method of claim 14, wherein the formatting step includes formatting the information with a format module. 17. The method of claim 14, wherein the printing step includes printing the report in tabular form. 18. The method of claim 14, wherein the selecting step includes selecting the report key on the visual display system as a graphically multi-functional display system. 19. The method of claim 14, wherein the selecting step includes selecting the report key on the visual display system as an ARINC 661 system. 20. An aircraft system, comprising: a visual display system;a printer; anda flight management system coupled to the visual display system and the printer, the flight management system including a processor and a plurality of data sources coupled to the processor, the processor comprising a crew interface module coupled to the plurality of data sources, a display driver coupled to the crew interface module and the visual display system, and a printer driver coupled to the crew interface module and the printer,wherein the crew interface module is configured to generate a report from data from the data sources, and send the report to the visual display system via the display driver and to the printer via the printer driver, the crew interface module including a format module for formatting the data from the data sources into the report, the format module including a scrolling graphical component configured to convert a first portion of the data of the report into a scrollable list for display on the visual display system and a second portion of the data of the report into an unscrollable area on the visual display system with the scrollable list, wherein the visual display system is configured to display the second display portion in a printable format, and wherein the printer, via the printer driver, is configured to print the second display portion in the printable format and the first display portion as an unscrolled list.