Originally Posted by PJ2
roullishollandais;
The way this system works is, these ACARS messages are not printed out on board the aircraft at the time they occur. They are transmitted to the airline's maintenance department in real time (timings as per early discussions on these messages), but are held in memory on the aircraft until the aircraft is parked at the gate, at which time a post-flight print-out occurs, which could and likely would include such ACARS messages. I have seen this many times
Thank you for your answer PJ2. I have seen the maintenance messages printed, and we can perfectly understand why the Captain wants to know that the next flight may be delayed due to maintenance
. Another airline, another Captain. Would an AF Captain know the use of that ACARS printer ?