Flight deck display management system

1. An aircraft control system comprising:

a computer system in an aircraft;

display devices located in a flight deck of the aircraft; and

an information controller in the computer system, wherein the information controller is configured to:

display information in windows on the display devices in a display configuration

that is selected based on a first set of tasks assigned to a pilot for a current flight of the aircraft and a second set of tasks assigned to a copilot for the current flight of the aircraft, wherein the display configuration comprises a first arrangement of the windows on the display devices and is selected from a plurality of display configurations for the display devices wherein each of the plurality of display configurations comprises a different arrangement of the windows on the display devices, and

change the display configuration to another display configuration comprising a second arrangement of the windows on the display devices and which is selected from the plurality of display configurations during the current flight of the aircraft in response to a change in at least one of the first set of tasks assigned to the pilot or the second set of tasks assigned to the copilot.

2. The aircraft control system of claim 1 , wherein the information controller is further configured to:

determine how many of the display devices are available to display the windows;

display the windows on the display devices in the display configuration that is selected from the plurality of display configurations based on the first set of tasks assigned to the pilot for the current flight of the aircraft, the second set of tasks assigned to the copilot for the current flight of the aircraft, and how many of the display devices are available to display the windows; and

change the display configuration to another display configuration in the plurality of display configurations during the current flight of the aircraft in response to a change to how many of the display devices are available to display the windows.

3. The aircraft control system of claim 1 , wherein the display devices are touchscreen display devices and wherein the information controller is configured to display the information for an aircraft system and controls for controlling the aircraft system in the windows on a touchscreen display device in the touchscreen display devices.

4. The aircraft control system of claim 1 , wherein the information controller is configured to receive user input to change a location of a window in the windows displayed on a shared display device in the display devices and displays the window in the location.

5. The aircraft control system of claim 4 , wherein the window is a multi-purpose window.

6. The aircraft control system of claim 1 , wherein the information controller displays a window encompassing a dynamic control center based on a current phase of flight of the aircraft, wherein the information in the dynamic control center is based on the information referenced during the current phase of flight to operate the aircraft, and wherein the information in the dynamic control center changes as the current phase of flight changes.

7. The aircraft control system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of display configurations is stored in a data structure selected from a table, a database, file, and a linked list.

8. The aircraft control system of claim 1 , wherein the information for the current flight is received from at least one of a flight management system, an engine, an aircraft flight control system, a fuel system, hydraulics, a navigation system, a radio, a weather system, a crew-alerting system, a video surveillance system, a communications system, a maintenance system, or an electronic flight bag system.

9. The aircraft control system of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of display configurations comprises different parameters for how the windows are displayed on the display devices selected from the group of parameters consisting of size of the windows and position of the windows on the display devices.

10. The aircraft control system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first set of tasks assigned to the pilot and the second set of tasks assigned to the copilot changes in response to a change in a current phase of flight of the current flight of the aircraft.

11. A method for displaying information for an aircraft on display devices in a flight deck of the aircraft, the method comprising:

identifying, by a computer system in the aircraft, information used to operate the aircraft;

selecting, by the computer system, a display configuration from a plurality of display configurations for the display devices based on a first set of tasks assigned to a pilot for a current flight of the aircraft and a second set of tasks assigned to a copilot for the current flight of the aircraft, wherein the display configuration comprises a first arrangement of windows for displaying the information on the display devices and wherein each of the plurality of display configurations comprises a different arrangement of the windows for displaying the information on the display devices;

displaying, by the computer system, the information in the windows on the display devices in the flight deck of the aircraft in the display configuration; and

changing, by the computer system, the display configuration to another display configuration comprising a second arrangement of the windows for displaying the information on the display devices and that is selected from the plurality of display configurations during the current flight of the aircraft in response to a change in at least one of the first set of tasks assigned to the pilot or the second set of tasks assigned to the copilot.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining, by the computer system, how many of the display devices are available to display the windows;

displaying, by the computer system, the information in the windows on the display devices in the display configuration that is selected based on the first set of tasks assigned to the pilot, the second set of tasks assigned to the copilot, and how many of the display devices are available to display the windows; and

changing, by the computer system, the display configuration to another display configuration in the plurality of display configurations during the current flight of the aircraft in response to a change to how many of the display devices are available to display the windows.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the display devices are touchscreen display devices and further comprising:

displaying, by the computer system, the information for an aircraft system and controls for controlling the aircraft system in a window in the windows on a touchscreen display device in the touchscreen display devices.

14. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

receiving, by the computer system, a user input to change a location of a window in the windows displayed on a shared display device in the display devices; and

displaying, by the computer system the window in the location.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the window is a multi-purpose window.

16. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

displaying, by the computer system, a window encompassing a dynamic control center based on a current phase of flight of the aircraft, wherein the information in the dynamic control center is based on the information referenced during the current phase of flight to operate the aircraft; and

changing the information in the dynamic control center as the current phase of flight changes.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of display configurations is stored in a data structure selected from a table, a database, file, and a linked list.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the information for the current flight is received from at least one of a flight management system, an engine, an aircraft flight control system, a fuel system, hydraulics, a navigation system, a radio, a weather system, a crew-alerting system, a video surveillance system, a communications system, a maintenance system, or an electronic flight bag system.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of display configurations comprises different parameters for how the windows are displayed on the display devices selected from the group of parameters consisting of size of the windows and position of the windows on the display devices.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the first set of tasks assigned to the pilot and the second set of tasks assigned to the copilot changes in response to a change in a current phase of flight of the current flight of the aircraft.