737 MAX Flight Crew Operations Manual
Supplementary Procedures
Chapter SP
Communications
Section 5
MN-FLT-OH-201
SP.5.1
5 Communications
Communications
File Highlight
Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System
(ACARS)
YA605 - YA610, YA631, YA683, YA684, YB107 - YB112, YB271, YC095, YC572, YC573, YD303, YD307, YF703 - YK653, YK727 - YV671
The following procedures are applicable to the noted ACARS functions
from the company pages.
Pre-Departure Clearance
The flight crew shall manually verify (compare) the filed flight plan versus
the digital pre-departure clearance and shall initiate voice contact with Air
Traffic Control if any question/confusion exists between the filed flight
plan and the digital pre-departure clearance.
Digital-Automatic Information Service
The flight crew shall verify that the D-ATIS altimeter setting numeric
value and alpha value are identical. If the D-ATIS altimeter setting numeric
value and alpha values are different, the flight crew must not accept the
D-ATIS altimeter setting.
Oceanic Clearances
The flight crew shall manually verify (compare) the filed flight plan versus
the digital oceanic clearance and initiate voice contact with Air Traffic
Control if any questions/confusion exists between the filed flight plan and
the digital oceanic clearance.
Weight and Balance
The flight crew shall verify the Weight and Balance numeric and
alphabetical values are identical. If the Weight and Balance numeric and
alphabetical values are different, the flight crew must not accept the
Weight and Balance data.
Takeoff Data
The flight crew shall verify the Takeoff Data numeric and alphabetic
values are identical. If the Takeoff Data numeric and alphabetic values are
different, the flight crew must not accept the Takeoff Data message.
March 1, 2021