When we evaluated the first version of the MiraCheck Copilot checklist app a few years ago, we were somewhat impressed that it could speak checklist items, as if someone was in the right seat. But we really wanted it to be verbally interactive. In other words, to mimic the challenge/response method of professional flight crews.
Since that first version, Jeff Bonassa, MiraCheck’s founder and programmer, kicked the app up several notches. Now it’s to the point of nearly perfecting the challenge/response technique we wanted, but it also morphed into a full-up virtual copilot. We recently spent some time with Bonassa and his virtual sidekick, Mira, for a fresh look and listen. Here’s a follow-up.