A320 Dual FMGC Failure
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No it is not, but it still is RVSM and I have yet to follow a flightplan from start to finish in Europe.
Direct a VOR or follow a radial will work fine , if not vectors are provided for 5nm + separation.
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Direct a VOR or follow a radial will work fine , if not vectors are provided for 5nm + separation.
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Oh great, so if I lose my RNAV capability I just shut up and go to destination without advising ATC I have lost my RNAV capability. Thanks for the tip.
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It's a complex world we live in my friend.
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Indeed
It is indeed. I have had total FMC fail on the 738 3 times and once HDG is selected and my friend in the RH seat is deeply and intimately engaged with the QRH and I have concocted a plan B for the next few FIR boundarys , Murphy has let the old Boeing reset itself and we order some coffee.
And for the rest of the trip we pay a bit more attention to which country we happen to be in.
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Still not so keen on Beirut raw data, not quite the place for large navigation errors!
I will practice in Europe
Thanks
It is indeed. I have had total FMC fail on the 738 3 times and once HDG is selected and my friend in the RH seat is deeply and intimately engaged with the QRH and I have concocted a plan B for the next few FIR boundarys , Murphy has let the old Boeing reset itself and we order some coffee.
And for the rest of the trip we pay a bit more attention to which country we happen to be in.
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Still not so keen on Beirut raw data, not quite the place for large navigation errors!
I will practice in Europe
Thanks
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Applying MELs' airborne? Pretty sure you mean 'Apply QRH procedure...'
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And also if the item is a no dispatch, there could be one or more good reasons behind it. Always worth a bit of brainstorming, especially if that happens during taxi out... 5 mins before we would have been stuck at the gate waiting for a repair, now we are going to fly 10 hours with it ?
If you’ve hard tuned in the RAD NAV page a couple of VOR’s/ NDB and then experience dual FMGC failure will these beacons be dropped out and lost from your ND until you recover nav back up? (And have to insert manually again).
I ask because a couple captains always like to tune something into the rad nav page to follow raw data in case of a dual FMGC...
I ask because a couple captains always like to tune something into the rad nav page to follow raw data in case of a dual FMGC...
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If you’ve hard tuned in the RAD NAV page a couple of VOR’s/ NDB and then experience dual FMGC failure will these beacons be dropped out and lost from your ND until you recover nav back up? (And have to insert manually again).
I ask because a couple captains always like to tune something into the rad nav page to follow raw data in case of a dual FMGC...
I ask because a couple captains always like to tune something into the rad nav page to follow raw data in case of a dual FMGC...
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I ask because a couple captains always like to tune something into the rad nav page to follow raw data in case of a dual FMGC...