Originally Posted by
wheelsright
The messages are not real time, the data is processed before transmission and placed in a queue. This may result in a delay before a message is transmitted.
In addition, ACARS in VHF mode only transmits at 2400bps and there is no round trip confirmation in any mode.
OK, but 3 minutes between
received messages means that they were
transmitted exactly in that time period.
No matter how slow the messaging is because time travel is always the same. So something bad happend and systems were alive
at least 3 minutes later. Correct?