rudderrudderrat:
Hi aterpster,
I remember that when we performed a "direct to" - it would place present pos in waypoint 0 (zero), but then once it was sequencing from 1 to 2 etc, could we load another waypoint in pos 0?
What happened when it overflew pos 9? Did it go to pos 0 or pos 1?
I never flew real international, only the L1011 LAX-HNL. 9 waypoints were a perfect fit for the R routes.
I heard a story about one of our sharper international captains deadheading westbound on the north atlantic on one of our few night westbound flights. He woke up and noticed the moon go by his passenger window. So, he went to the cockpit and woke up three guys asleep. The INS had sequenced to position zero, so they were headed for N 0 and W 0.
Or, so the story goes.
