Originally Posted by
Lookleft
GBO have you ever "programmed" a diversion on an FMC? ................ Sorry to all the flight simmers out there but programming an FMC on Flight Sim is not the same as a professional pilot setting up an FMC after having done the appropriate type rating then line flying
Have you had any experience with these flight sims? The fidelity in some of them is very high and the manuals are in-depth. A flight simmer can easily find his way around the real version of the aircraft he simulates on a PC especially the FMC which is replicated fully. Some of them buy add-ons such as a CDU connected via USB. They figure it all out. Sorry but operating an airliner's FMC and MCP is by design a very easy process and any determined flight simmer can do it. I'm not sure that's what happened in this case but let's keep it real - you don't have to be a "type-rated" astronaut to operate the CDU. Diverting to a new waypoint is as easy as selecting LEGS followed by five alphanumeric keystrokes, followed by LSK1 and the EXEC button. Eight presses.
Originally Posted by
dr dre
And that confirms to me you’re a Flight Sim expert, and not a real pilot, as one would know the answer to that question.
Have you flown overseas? Some cultures out there do not like operating outside of the VNAV determined path and would struggle (especially if his brain is short on oxygen) to work out a profile of their own. Just how it is. That might be what GBO is alluding to.
Originally Posted by
dr dre
May I suggest you take your theories to another place as this is for Professional Pilots (hence the name).
You seem very determined to erase this theory and see off a poster. Why is that? You mentioned part of the name of this network but omitted the operative word: Rumour. Why not let this theory evolve?
Judging by your post history, you seem to have a deep-rooted desire to win arguments on the internet. You tell the mods to close down threads the content of which you don't like. You tell posters whose educated theories you don't like to go elsewhere. This haughty disdain and arrogant superiority is often found amongst narcissists. Interestingly, narcissism is often found in conspiracy theorists. You don't like conspiracy theories on pandemics but you're suggesting the MH370 investigation needs to proceed in the direction of a conspiracy or solitary plan, making you a conspiracy theorist. You have posted statements in this thread which are wrong. Misinformation. Do you need to be cancelled?