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A system, device, and method for presenting aircraft requirements are disclosed. The aircraft requirements presentation system could include a source of maintenance data; an aircraft system(s); an input device; a processing unit (PU); and a display unit. The PU may be configured to acquire maintenan

A system, device, and method for presenting aircraft requirements are disclosed. The aircraft requirements presentation system could include a source of maintenance data; an aircraft system(s); an input device; a processing unit (PU); and a display unit. The PU may be configured to acquire maintenance data; identify one or more schedule maintenance actions due at the present time; generate command data to a disable specific functionality of the aircraft system(s); provide the command data to the aircraft system(s); generate an image data set representative of one or more page images, whereon each page there may be image of at least one maintenance strip indicating a maintenance action and at least one a count for the maintenance action; and present the image(s) on the display unit. In some embodiments, a maintenance strip could include a graphical user interface through which a pilot may enable the disabled functionality.

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1. A system for presenting aircraft requirements, comprising: a source of maintenance data configured to provide maintenance data representative of a plurality of scheduled maintenance actions for one aircraft, whereeach one of the plurality of scheduled maintenance actions includes at least an acti

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A system for presenting aircraft requirements, comprising: a source of maintenance data configured to provide maintenance data representative of a plurality of scheduled maintenance actions for one aircraft, whereeach one of the plurality of scheduled maintenance actions includes at least an action description, an interval unit, an interval range, and a plurality of counts;at least one aircraft system configured with functionality to perform an operation; anda display unit configured to:receive an image data set representative of at least one page image provided by:a processing unit including at least one processor coupled to a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing processor-executable code and configured to:acquire the maintenance data;identify, if any, at least one scheduled maintenance action due at the present time as a function of at least one of the plurality of counts;generate command data representative of a command to disable the functionality of the at least one aircraft system in response to the identification of the at least one scheduled maintenance action;provide the command data to the at least one aircraft system, whereuponthe functionality of the at least one aircraft system is disabled upon receiving the command data;generate the image data set as a function of at least one identified scheduled maintenance action, such thatone page image of the at least one page image is formatted to present at least one maintenance strip divided into a plurality of strip areas for each one identified maintenance action, wherea first strip area is formatted to present the action description of an identified scheduled maintenance action,a second strip area is formatted to present one of the plurality of counts of an identified scheduled maintenance action, anda third strip area formatted to present a graphical user interface (GUI), wherethe GUI is presented in response to the command data being generated; andprovide the image data set to the display unit; andpresent at least one page image represented in the image data set to a viewer. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one aircraft system configured with functionality to perform an operation is comprised of at least one of:a flight management system configured with functionality to receive data representative of a flight plan, andat least one engine start sequence system configured with functionality to participate in an engine start sequence. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein each one of the at least one scheduled maintenance action due at the present time is a scheduled maintenance action having a pre-flight court equal to or less than zero. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein one of the at least aircraft system configured to perform an operation is a flight management system configured with functionality to provide flight plan data representative of a plurality of flight plan counts, andthe processing unit is further configured to:acquire the flight plan data; anddetermine a post-flight count for each one of the plurality of scheduled maintenance actions, such thatthe function for identifying at least one scheduled maintenance action due at the present time includes at least one post-flight count, andthe second strip area is further formatted to present one of the plurality of flight plan counts and the post-flight count of the identified scheduled maintenance action. 5. The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one scheduled maintenance action due at the present time is the at least one first scheduled maintenance action due at the present time,mone identified scheduled maintenance action is one first identified scheduled maintenance action,the one page image of the at least one page image is a first page image of the at least one page image, andthe processing unit is further configured to:identify, if any, at least one second scheduled maintenance action due at a time different from the present time and falling within its interval range, such thatthe function for generating the image data set includes the at least one second identified scheduled maintenance action; andidentify, if any, at least one third scheduled maintenance action due at a time different from the present time and falling outside of its interval range, such thatthe function for generating the image data set includes the at least one third identified scheduled maintenance action, such thata second page image of the plurality of page images is formatted to present at least one maintenance strip divided into a plurality of strip areas for each one second identified scheduled maintenance action, wherea fourth strip area is formatted to present the action description of an second identified scheduled maintenance action, anda fifth strip area is formatted to present one of the plurality of counts represented in the maintenance data, one of the plurality of flight plan counts, and the post-flight count of a second identified scheduled maintenance action, anda third page image of the plurality of page images is formatted to present at least one maintenance strip divided into a plurality of strip areas for each one third identified scheduled maintenance action, wherea sixth strip area is formatted to present the action description of a third identified scheduled maintenance action, anda seventh strip area is formatted to present one of the plurality of counts represented in the maintenance data, one of the plurality of flight plan counts, and the post-flight count of a third identified scheduled maintenance action. 6. The system of claim 5, wherein each one of the at least one second scheduled maintenance action is a scheduled maintenance action having a post-flight court greater than zero, andeach one of the at least one third scheduled maintenance action is a scheduled maintenance action having a post-flight court greater than zero. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the maintenance data is further representative of at least one unscheduled maintenance action that includes at least an action description and an outstanding count, such thatthe function for generating the image data set includes the at least one unscheduled maintenance action, such thata second page image of the plurality of page images is formatted to present at least one maintenance strip divided into a plurality of strip areas for each one unscheduled maintenance action, wherea fourth strip area is formatted to present the action description of the unscheduled maintenance action, anda fifth strip area is formatted to present at least the outstanding count. 8. The system of claim 1, further comprising: an input device configured to provide input data representative of a pilot's selection of the GUI, such thatthe command data is first command data, andthe processing unit is further configured to:receive the input data;generate second command data representative of a command to enable the disabled functionality of one aircraft system in response to receiving the input data; andprovide the second command data to one aircraft system with disabled functionality, wherethe disabled functionality of one aircraft system is enabled upon receiving the second command data. 9. A device for presenting aircraft requirements, comprising: a processing unit including at least one processor coupled to a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing processor-executable code and configured to:acquire maintenance data representative of a plurality of scheduled maintenance actions for one aircraft, whereeach one of the plurality of scheduled maintenance actions includes at least an action description, an interval unit, an interval range, and a plurality of counts;identify, if any, at least one scheduled maintenance action due at the present time as a function of at least one of the plurality of counts;generate command data representative of a command to disable functionality of at least one aircraft system in response to the identification of the at least one scheduled maintenance action;provide the command data to the at least one aircraft system, such thatthe functionality of the at least one aircraft system is disabled upon receiving the command data;generate an image data set as a function of at least one identified scheduled maintenance action, whereone page image of the at least one page image is formatted to present at least one maintenance strip divided into a plurality of strip areas for each one identified maintenance action, wherea first strip area is formatted to present the action description of an identified scheduled maintenance action,a second strip area is formatted to present one of the plurality of counts of an identified scheduled maintenance action, anda third strip area formatted to present a graphical user interface (GUI), wherethe GUI is presented in response to the command data being generated; andprovide the image data set to a display unit, wherebyat least one page image represented in the image data set is presented to a viewer. 10. The device of claim 9, wherein each one of the at least one scheduled maintenance action due at the present time is a scheduled maintenance action having a pre-flight court equal to or less than zero. 11. The device of claim 9, wherein the processing unit is further configured to:acquire flight plan data representative of a plurality of flight plan counts; anddetermine one post-flight count for each one of the plurality of scheduled maintenance actions, such thatthe function for identifying at least one scheduled maintenance action due at the present time includes at least one post-flight count, andthe second strip area is further formatted to present one of the plurality of flight plan counts and the post-flight count of the identified scheduled maintenance action. 12. The device of claim 11, wherein the at least one scheduled maintenance action due at the present time is the at least one first scheduled maintenance action due at the present time,one identified scheduled maintenance action is one first identified scheduled maintenance action,the one page image of the at least one page image is a first page image of the at least one page image, andthe processing unit is further configured to:identify, if any, at least one second scheduled maintenance action due at a time different from the present time and falling within its interval range, such thatthe function for generating the image data set includes the at least one second identified scheduled maintenance action; andidentify, if any, at least one third scheduled maintenance action due at a time different from the present time and falling outside of its interval range, such thatthe function for generating the image data set includes the at least one third identified scheduled maintenance action, such thata second page image of the plurality of page images is formatted to present at least one maintenance strip divided into a plurality of strip areas for each one second identified scheduled maintenance action, wherea fourth strip area is formatted to present the action description of an second identified scheduled maintenance action, anda fifth strip area is formatted to present one of the plurality of counts represented in the maintenance data, one of the plurality of flight plan counts, and the post-flight count of a second identified scheduled maintenance action, anda third page image of the plurality of page images is formatted to present at least one maintenance strip divided into a plurality of strip areas for each one third identified scheduled maintenance action, wherea sixth strip area is formatted to present the action description of a third identified scheduled maintenance action, anda seventh strip area is formatted to present one of the plurality of counts represented in the maintenance data, one of the plurality of flight plan counts, and the post-flight count of a third identified scheduled maintenance action. 13. The device of claim 12, wherein each one of the at least one second scheduled maintenance action is a scheduled maintenance action having a post-flight court greater than zero, andeach one of the at least one third scheduled maintenance action is a scheduled maintenance action having a post-flight court greater than zero. 14. The device of claim 9, wherein the maintenance data is further representative of at least one unscheduled maintenance action that includes at least an action description and an outstanding count, such thatthe function for generating the image data set includes the at least one unscheduled maintenance action, such thata second page image of the plurality of page images is formatted to present at least one maintenance strip divided into a plurality of strip areas for each one unscheduled maintenance action, wherea fourth strip area is formatted to present the action description of the unscheduled maintenance action, anda fifth strip area is formatted to present at least the outstanding count. 15. A method for presenting aircraft requirements, comprising: acquiring, by a processing unit including at least one processor coupled to a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing processor-executable code, maintenance data representative of a plurality of scheduled maintenance actions for one aircraft, whereeach one of the plurality of scheduled maintenance actions includes at least an action description, an interval unit, an interval range, and a plurality of counts;identifying, if any, at least one scheduled maintenance action due at the present time as a function of at least one of the plurality of counts;generating command data representative of a command to disable functionality of at least one aircraft system in response to the identification of the at least one scheduled maintenance action;providing the command data to the at least one aircraft system, such that the functionality of the at least one aircraft system is disabled upon receiving the command data;generating an image data set as a function of at least one identified scheduled maintenance action, whereone page image of the at least one page image is formatted to present at least one maintenance strip divided into a plurality of strip areas for each one identified maintenance action, wherea first strip area is formatted to present the action description of an identified scheduled maintenance action,a second strip area is formatted to present one of the plurality of counts of an identified scheduled maintenance action, anda third strip area formatted to present a graphical user interface (GUI), where the GUI is presented in response to the command data being generated; andproviding the image data set to a display unit, wherebyat least one page image represented in the image data set is presented to a viewer. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein each one of the at least one scheduled maintenance action due at the present time is a scheduled maintenance action having a pre-flight court equal to or less than zero. 17. The method of claim 15, further comprising: acquiring flight plan data representative of a plurality of flight plan counts; anddetermining one post-flight count for each one of the plurality of scheduled maintenance actions, such thatthe function for identifying at least one scheduled maintenance action due at the present time includes at least one post-flight count, andthe second strip area is further formatted to present one of the plurality of flight plan counts and the post-flight count of the identified scheduled maintenance action. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the at least one scheduled maintenance action due at the present time is the at least one first scheduled maintenance action due at the present time,one identified scheduled maintenance action is one first identified scheduled maintenance action, andthe one page image of the at least one page image is a first page image of the at least one page image, and further comprising:identifying, if any, at least one second scheduled maintenance action due at a time different from the present time and falling within its interval range, such thatthe function for generating the image data set includes the at least one second identified scheduled maintenance action; andidentifying, if any, at least one third scheduled maintenance action due at a time different from the present time and falling outside of its interval range, such thatthe function for generating the image data set includes the at least one third identified scheduled maintenance action, such thata second page image of the plurality of page images is formatted to present at least one maintenance strip divided into a plurality of strip areas for each one second identified scheduled maintenance action, wherea fourth strip area is formatted to present the action description of an second identified scheduled maintenance action, anda fifth strip area is formatted to present one of the plurality of counts represented in the maintenance data, one of the plurality of flight plan counts, and the post-flight count of a second identified scheduled maintenance action, anda third page image of the plurality of page images is formatted to present at least one maintenance strip divided into a plurality of strip areas for each one third identified scheduled maintenance action, wherea sixth strip area is formatted to present the action description of a third identified scheduled maintenance action, anda seventh strip area is formatted to present one of the plurality of counts represented in the maintenance data, one of the plurality of flight plan counts, and the post-flight count of a third identified scheduled maintenance action. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein each one of the at least one second scheduled maintenance action is a scheduled maintenance action having a post-flight court greater than zero, andeach one of the at least one third scheduled maintenance action is a scheduled maintenance action having a post-flight court greater than zero. 20. The method of claim 15, wherein the maintenance data is further representative of at least one unscheduled maintenance action that includes at least an action description and an outstanding count, such thatthe function for generating the image data set includes the at least one unscheduled maintenance action, such thata second page image of the plurality of page images is formatted to present at least one maintenance strip divided into a plurality of strip areas for each one unscheduled maintenance action, wherea fourth strip area is formatted to present the action description of the unscheduled maintenance action, anda fifth strip area is formatted to present at least the outstanding count.