Originally Posted by captjns
Same illumination as the other Boeing jet autopilots... when a mode is engaged, the light within the mode switch illuminates. Earlier models I've flown have two little "dot" lights within the switch. Later models have the single thin bar light accross the mode switch.
Sorry to be pedantic, but I want to be quite clear about the operation of these buttons. When you write "when a mode is engaged" do you refer to an armed mode becoming active, or do you refer to pressing the button?
What color(s) do the buttons display?
Nick