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Flight Control Unit Panel
ALL NUMBERS, AS INDICATED BY ‘XXX’ MUST BE READ BACK USING THE FOLLOWING SYNTAX AS AN EXAMPLE:
* ONE ZERO ZERO
* ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
* TWO ONE FIVE
* ONE ZERO EIGHT POINT FIVE ZERO
- CANCEL LAST COMMAND (USED TO STOP THE FO FROM TWISTING THE SPEED, ALT, HEADING OR COURSE KNOBS ON THE FCU. TYPICALLY USED IN AN AUTOPILOT VALUE ‘RUNAWAY’ SITUATION OR IF THE FO STARTS SETTING UNCOMMANDED VALUES)
SPEED VALUES:
- MANAGE SPEED (FO PUSHES THE SPEED KNOB IF THE SPEED KNOB IS NOT IN THE PUSHED POSITION. IF YOU HAVE MANUALLY PUSHED THE SPEED KNOB, YOU NEED TO "ANNOUNCE" THIS BY SAYING "MANAGE SPEED". IN THIS CASE, THE FO WILL RESPONDED "CHECKED")
- PULL SPEED (FO PULLS THE SPEED KNOB IF THE SPEED KNOB IS NOT IN THE PULLED POSITION. IF YOU HAVE MANUALLY PULLED THE SPEED KNOB, YOU NEED TO "ANNOUNCE" THIS BY SAYING "PULL SPEED". IN THIS CASE, THE FO WILL RESPONDED "CHECKED")
- PULL SPEED XXX (FO PULLS AND TURNS SPEED KNOB)
- SET SPEED XXX (USED TO SET THE SPEED IN THE FCU IF SPEED IS VISIBLE IN THE SPEED WINDOW. THE FO WILL NOT PUSH OR PULL THE SPEED KNOB)
- SPEED XXX (USED TO "ANNOUNCE" THE SPEED YOU HAVE MANUALLY SET)
HEADING VALUES:
- PULL HEADING (FO PULLS THE HEADING KNOB IF THE HEADING KNOB IS NOT IN THE PULLED POSITION. IF YOU HAVE MANUALLY PULLED THE HEADING KNOB, YOU NEED TO "ANNOUNCE" THIS BY SAYING "PULL HEADING". IN THIS CASE, THE FO WILL RESPONDED "CHECKED")
- PULL HEADING XXX (FO PULLS AND TURNS SPEED KNOB)
- SET HEADING XXX (FO SETS THE HEADING IN THE FCU WITHOUT PUSHING OR PULLING THE KNOB)
- MANAGE NAV (FO PUSHES THE HEADING KNOB IF THE HEADING KNOB IS NOT IN THE PUSHED POSITION. IF YOU HAVE MANUALLY PUSHED THE HEADING KNOB, YOU NEED TO "ANNOUNCE" THIS BY SAYING "MANAGE NAV". IN THIS CASE, THE FO WILL RESPONDED "CHECKED")
- SET HEADING XXX (USED TO SET THE HEADING IN THE FCU IF HEADING IS VISIBLE IN THE HEADING WINDOW)
- HEADING XXX (USED TO "ANNOUNCE" THE HEADING YOU HAVE MANUALLY SET)
TRACK VALUES:
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- SET TRACK XXX (FO SETS THE HEADING IN THE FCU WITHOUT PUSHING OR PULLING THE KNOB)
- TRACK XXX (USED TO "ANNOUNCE" THE TRACK YOU HAVE MANUALLY SET)
ALTITUDE / FLIGHT LEVEL VALUES:
- FLIGHT LEVEL PULL (FO PULLS THE FLIGHT LEVEL KNOB IF THE FLIGHT LEVEL KNOB IS NOT IN THE PULLED POSITION. IF YOU HAVE MANUALLY PULLED THE FLIGHT LEVEL KNOB, YOU NEED TO "ANNOUNCE" THIS BY SAYING "FLIGHT LEVEL PULL". IN THIS CASE, THE FO WILL RESPONDED "CHECKED")
- FLIGHT LEVEL MANAGE (FO PUSHES THE FLIGHT LEVEL KNOB IF THE FLIGHT LEVEL KNOB IS NOT IN THE PUSHED POSITION. IF YOU HAVE MANUALLY PUSHED THE FLIGHT LEVEL KNOB, YOU NEED TO "ANNOUNCE" THIS BY SAYING "FLIGHT LEVEL MANAGE". IN THIS CASE, THE FO WILL RESPONDED "CHECKED")
- FLIGHT LEVEL XXX PULL (FO TURNS AND PULLS THE FLIGHT LEVEL KNOB)
- FLIGHT LEVEL XXX MANAGE (FO TURNS AND PUSHES THE FLIGHT LEVEL KNOB)
- ALTITUDE XXX PULL (FO TURNS AND PULLS THE ALTITUDE KNOB)
- ALTITUDE XXX MANAGE (FO TURNS AND PULLS THE ALTITUDE KNOB)
- ALTITUDE XXX (USED TO "ANNOUNCE" THE ALTITUDE YOU HAVE MANUALLY SET)
- FLIGHT LEVEL XXX (USED TO "ANNOUNCE" THE FLIGHT LEVEL YOU HAVE MANUALLY SET)
- SET ALTITUDE XXX (USED TO SET THE ALTITUDE IN THE FCU IF THE ALTITUDE IS VISIBLE IN THE ALTITUDE WINDOW).
- SET FLIGHT LEVEL XXX (USED TO SET THE FLIGHT LEVEL IN THE FCU IF THE FLIGHT LEVEL IS ALREADY VISIBLE)
VERTICAL SPEED VALUES:
- VERTICAL SPEED PLUS XXXX PULL (FO SETS VERTICAL SPEED AND PULLS KNOB)
- VERTICAL SPEED MINUS XXXX PULL (FO SETS VERTICAL SPEED AND PULLS KNOB)
- VERTICAL SPEED PLUS XXXX (USED TO "ANNOUNCE" THE VERTICAL SPEED YOU HAVE MANUALLY SET)
- VERTICAL SPEED MINUS XXXX (USED TO "ANNOUNCE" THE VERTICAL SPEED YOU HAVE MANUALLY SET)
- PUSH TO LEVEL OFF
MISC FCU COMMANDS
Note: As with the other FCU commands, if the associated button is already pushed in (because you pushed it in manually), it is assumed that you are "announcing" what you have done.
- BIRD ON (FO PUSHES HDS/VS/TRK/FPA BUTTON)
- FLIGHT DIRECTORS ON / OFF
- AUTO PILOT ONE ON / OFF
- AUTO PILOT TWO ON / OFF
- ARM APPROACH
- ARM LOCALISER
- APPROACH ARMED (THIS IS AN 'ANNOUNCING' CALL ONLY)
- LOCALIZER ARMED (THIS IS AN 'ANNOUNCING' CALL ONLY)
- SELECT RAW DATA ON MY SIDE