Originally Posted by
krismiler
Tokyo, Narita airport clears the aircraft to the initial SID waypoint on departure when simultaneous parallel operations are in progress. Given the number of errors taking place, especially with a last minute runway change, it might be worth making it a standard practice.
Same in the U.S. - “RNAV to Fix Name. Runway blah blah cleared for takeoff”. PM reads it back off the legs page in the FMS. At least this way you know that you’ve got the first fix correct.
Originally Posted by The Bullwinkle
Is there really a need for that on the Boeing 737-800?When the runway is entered into the FMC, the SID will show the appropriate legs for a departure off that runway.If you subsequently have a runway change, once you enter the new runway, the legs on the SID change accordingly. Of course, if you haven’t bothered changing the runway in the FMC, well that’s an entirely different story!
Yup. It takes a lot of work to put a SID in that’s incorrect for the runway. It’s possible to screw up the transition though (don’t ask ;) I think your point about not changing the runway is interesting.