737 MAX Flight Crew Operations Manual
Flight Management, Navigation -
FMC Cruise
MN-FLT-OH-201
11.42.7
Removing Discontinuities
A discontinuity exists when the FMC is unable to determine the route leg
following a waypoint. Discontinuities are removed by linking the route segment
following the discontinuity to the route segment preceding the discontinuity.
The next desired waypoint from the subsequent route is copied into the CDU
scratchpad and entered into the discontinuity, just as when adding a waypoint.
1
ROUTE DISCONTINUITY
The active route shows a discontinuity. The airplane must fly direct from LAC01
to BANDR. The BANDR waypoint is copied into the scratchpad in preparation to
remove the discontinuity. Any waypoint from the route can be copied into the
scratchpad to remove the discontinuity.
2
Continuous Route
BANDR is copied into the box prompts to remove the discontinuity.
Entering a waypoint which does not already exist on the route moves the
discontinuity one waypoint farther down the route.
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March 1, 2021
