8
Preparing for departure
This tutorial begins with the fuel and passengers already loaded and the
aircraft initialisation completed. Set parking brake and switch on the fasten
seatbelt and no smoking signs.
1.
Open the FMC (Flight
Management Computer). Press
LSK (Line Select Key) 6R. It should
be the POS INIT key. Enter LFPG
as our reference airport into LSK
2L. Enter E 20 as the gate into LSK
3L. Press LSK 6R again, this time
to go to the route page. Enter
LFPG as the origin airport (LSK
1L). The DEST airport is LFML,
enter this into LSK 1R. The runway
which will be used at Paris
Charles de Gaulle is 27R, so enter it into LSK 2L. The flight number is
AF772, so enter that into LSK 2R.
2.
Now, it is time to select our SID (Standard Instrument Departure). Do this
by pressing the DEPP/ARR button on the FMC. Press LSK 1L, to view the
departures for LFPG. Press the NEXT PAGE button and press LSK 3R, which
should be runway 27R. A list of SIDs are now displayed for runway 27R.
Keep pressing the NEXT PAGE button until you are on page 4/6. Press LSK
1L to select our SID, according to the flight plan. Now press LSK 6R to go
to the ROUTE page. On the route page press the NEXT PAGE button so
we can enter our flight plan. Enter UM133 enter LSK 2L and LERGA into
LSK 2R. Our flight plan is now entered. Press LSK 6R to ACTIVATE the
route. Press the EXEC button on the FMC to execute the desired task. The
ND (Navigation Display) mode will need to be changed to PLAN. Do this
by turning the CTR knob twice. This is done so we can view the route.
