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23rd October 2013 | 04:39

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JammedStab

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Coast Out/coast in

Couldn't find a definition on a search although I have an idea. Anyone care to comment and if they still do this on their transoceanic flights.

23rd October 2013 | 10:27

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Willit Run

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Are you talking about a NAV accuracy check?

Our company is dragging the old procedures into the future. For what? I do not know.

23rd October 2013 | 11:55

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JammedStab

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Willit Run

Are you talking about a NAV accuracy check?

Our company is dragging the old procedures into the future. For what? I do not know.

Yes, Nav accuracy check. Any details.

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23rd October 2013 | 14:57

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misd-agin

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Verify ANP vs. RNP.

23rd October 2013 | 18:58

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ahramin

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Yes. We do this every time we don't have GPS PRIMARY. Which adds up to 0 times in my career.

23rd October 2013 | 19:57

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Intruder

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We now check IRS drift, but no longer have to do a VOR/DME crosscheck.

23rd October 2013 | 22:33

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wiggy

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Our operator still specifies the need for a "Nav Accurcay Check" requirement prior to going remote....but doesn't say what it is!

24th October 2013 | 07:35

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JammedStab

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So is the definition of coast out the last update or check done on your nav system?

24th October 2013 | 11:10

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latetonite

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Probably another tick in the box to cover for lawsuits.

26th October 2013 | 18:17

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Natstrackalpha

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Hey, there is a publication - I have done my home work, when I thought I was going to fly the A330. Listen up, CPDLC included . . !

link

http://www.faa.gov/pilots/intl/ocean...cChecklist.pdf

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27th October 2013 | 12:28

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oceancrosser

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Natstrackalpha

http://www.faa.gov/pilots/intl/ocean...cChecklist.pdf

Wow, I am surprised anyone ever left or had time to do all that on a NAT crossing...

Dunno how we have done it so far...

27th October 2013 | 13:53

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Desert185

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There's a lot of things people don't do these days. One guy told me, "I have a magenta line. Why do I have to do plots to verify course enroute?"

I wonder how many of the new-age "magenta line boys and girls" could accurately plot a deviation on a chart?

27th October 2013 | 14:17

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FE Hoppy

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They probably can't take an astro noon shot either!!!

27th October 2013 | 18:33

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oceancrosser

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Desert185

Well plotting was ingrained to me as a junior F/O flying DC-8s with Litton INS (pretty good) and OMEGA (really bad) across the Atlantic. Still done in my cockpit, even if we have fleetwide GPS/RNP/ANP/YOU NAME IT...