Originally Posted by
ATCOJ30
Rod/Simride etc: Interesting comments on the possibility of the Airbus FMS dumping the flight plan if we route you towards/via the BRI. That was a new one for me, and slightly worrying too.
Is it Airbus-family FMS specific or equally applicable to Boeings and Embraers etc? If we had a radar failure and instructed you to route to the BRI for a procedural let-down, does it raise the spectre of you frantically reprogramming of the FMS and the approach plate (which approach plate? Paper copy or in the FMS?) at very short notice indeed?
Hi there, not to worry the problem arises only if under vectors with the BRI not in the FMGS flight plan (ie we are not expecting to route overhead) hence the request to be told as early as poss to avert the possibility of a problems with the flight plan.
In the event of a procedural approach we'll have the BRI in there (or if given it at very short notice will probably use direct to BRI then raw data outbound etc) so there wouldn't be a problem.