Originally Posted by
wes_wall
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Why would the Captain do this? A question to those still flying. Do you periodically, or ever, send a manual message to a maintenance center advising in-flight conditions? I know that I might advise center what my current flight level ride was, particularly if it was rough, but I don’t ever recall forwarding such info to flight ops. Now, if damage was suspected or potentially occuring to the airplane, then that’s a different matter. I just find it strange.
It can be quite normal. The message from the pilot would have been hand typed on the keypad and sent to Air France Flight Dispatch.
Separate function from the auto maintenance function.