The 777 is a great airplane. However, I get really ANNOYED by the nuisance [ ] VNAV STEP CLIMB eicas message. When and how did this ever get introduced into the electronic checklist? I flew the 777 from 2005-2011, and back then this nuisance didn't exist. I got confronted with it last year when I returned to this A/C type. The airplane doesn't understand that no matter what I would try to do, ATC does not always make a step climb possible.
Does anyone know what Boeing is trying to achieve by introducing this and similar other nuisance NNCL procedures, such as [ ] INSUFFICIENT FUEL. ?
I usually see this fuel eicas message at the gate, just before pushback. Fuelling has been finished, the block fuel is on board, and the stupid airplane has decided that somehow I have "insufficient fuel". No I don't, block fuel is on board and the winds are not yet entered in the FMC. So don't bother me with these nuisance NNCL procedures at critical moments mr. Boeing. Thanks.
When did these get introduced? And Why?