function 110 may also be connected to a display 150 so that checklist items may be visually displayed to the pilot the display 150 may be an electronic display and may be part of an existing electronic checklist system any other pre existing aircraft electronic display or may be a stand alone display the vcs function 110 may also interact with a centralized aircraft fault detection system 170 and monitor a plurality of aircraft sensors 160 including but not limited to air conditioning pack temperature hydraulic pressure outside air temperature aircraft speed altitude etc the vcs function 110 may monitor engine performance for example through an engine indication and crew alerting system eicas 180 if installed finally the vcs function 110 may monitor any other aircraft systems controls or indicators 190 e g landing gear position flap position etc the vcs 100 may receive an input from an aircraft centralized fault detection system 170 such as for example an electrical bus failure to initiate a checklist after receiving the input the vcs 100 may decide via programming logic discussed in further detail hereinafter if it is appropriate to arm a checklist for example if the aircraft experiences an electrical bus failure.