What Heading Do You Set On The Ils?
HI all.
When the Runway Heading is different than the ILS course, and to complicate things you have a strong crosswind, what heading do you set on the MCP? (MCP tracking LOC & Glide).
Do you set and announce "Runway heading"?
Do you set and announce "Final (LOC course) Heading"?
Do you set the heading you are maintaining to correct for the wind and track the LOC?
On a 737 when you go around the airplane will continue to track the LOC course, regardless of the heading selection on the MCP,
whereas on an ATR you will have to push "Heading, Low bank, IAS"...., so the way you'll go depends even more on the philosophy adopted...