Originally Posted by
Check Airman
I imagine you may survive an unexpected weather encounter, but you won't survive an unexpected terrain encounter
In the planes I've flown with LCDs, I've never had a problem with dimming the terrain as much as I please. Do you use CRTs?
I've often wondered about why the weather display can be turned so low myself. Doesn't seem to make sense. On airplanes with the new radar, you actually get a message on the ND when weather is detected, prompting you to increase the brightness if required.
Hello Airman,
What aircraft are you flying? Cause after reading your post I tried like 4/5 times on max dim with weather ahead ( the Fo has it on max bright) and it never told me to increase the brightness.
It was on a less than 2 years old A321
( MSN 6300+).
Originally Posted by
back to Boeing
Trap the error before it becomes one. It doesn't cost you anything it has no ill effects on you and I've found having it on all the time has forced me to learn how to use it properly. It's incredible the number of times I have found embedded CB's where absolutely nothing was forecast.
Hi. At night I can undestand for long haul flights. But during day time with no embedded CBs, unless you are using charts to cover the windscreen, I would trust more my eyes for weather deviation than the radar system.