PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Selected Altitude input during SIDs
View Single Post
Old 6th March 2007 | 03:07
  #9 (permalink)  
Gulfstreamaviator
 
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 2,181
Likes: 1
From: any town as retired.
Mode S

With the Eurocontrol requirement for the enhanced mode S, and the vast number of aircraft that are / will be exempt will there be enough aircraft with the "mode S display of alt preset" to have any benefit.

As to the what shall we preset, on a SID, I can see no reason (on Gulfstreams) not to set the CLEARED ALT, after all this is as well as an instruction that the A/P must respect, a memory aid, (CRM etc, etc).

On a FMS STAR, then unless the next alt or the bottom ALT is preset, the FMS will drop out of "blue" FMS V descent.


Lastly, what else does the enhanced Mode S display to ATC.....my mind boggles....

Glf
Gulfstreamaviator is offline