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Originally Posted by Phil DiCostanzo
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Originally Posted by UBBAPilot
As long as we are ranting about useless button pushing...
Why can't the ACARS W&B put in the BOW and appropriate MATOW when selected? I.E. If I type in the wrong BOW it comes back with a message of "Verify BOW." Well, if the d*** thing knows it's wrong why can't it just tell me the right one?
And after putting in the fuel Burn, if I add wrong and put in the wrong LS limit weight, the scratch pad has a red "MATOW Limit Disagree" message, if it knows what the right answer is, why can't it put it in there when I select Landing Structural as the limit. Takeoff Structural should be automatically loaded. Now the others, Runway, Climb, etc. would still obviously have to be hand input, but how often are those the limits compared to LS or TS?
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I think the BOW is a matter of redundancy. They want to make sure that you haven't gotten on the wrong A/C and a flag should be raised in your head if you're getting "VERIFY BOW." I guess in a lesser way, the LS number could be as well, but that's probably more a matter of saving a few grand in programming fees (yes, I know it would be about one line of code). |
I will concede that the arguement for the redundancy is there, but shouldn't we be verifying all of the info in the FMS and W&B any how? Like when you get into the PERF INIT and the pax weight is not correct for the time of year or the transition alt has been changed?