Most important thing when Flightplan is sequenced is to have a relevant TO waypoint on top of ND. I have seen many pilots sequencing the flightplan by just erasing and erasing in an erratic way...Until a nice centerline appears on the screen , not taking into account the TO waypoint on top of ND.This is poor situation awarenes
So if you have PPOS-CI04L-MD24-LFMN04L. It means that PPOS is your FROM and CI04L your TO waypoint.
By erasing PPOS, CI04L becomes the FROM and MD24 becomes the TO. By doing that you might just erase the FAF (where it shows -3°)
And if you have no intermediate point like PPOS-CI04L-LFMN04L by erasing PPOS you will make CI04L as FROM and LFMN04L as TO. For ILS it s not really a problem, although I d like to have something proper on MCDU but as previously stated for NPA managed , you will be surprised!
So extendend centerline is nice but having the relevant TO in the second line of your FMGS and on TOP of your ND is more important.
Last edited by Citation2; 5th Sep 2012 at 15:24.