cockpit preparation B777 part 1

[andy4b767]

very nice and advanced aircraft, it's one of my favorite aircrafts

[HeathrowSpottingHD]

Fantastic video, I personally do the route first. Not that hard, just slip the ICAO Codes in the CO ROUTE then there it is! Enter the Departure RWY and SID. Maybe the STAR depending if it's confirmed and Flight Time isn't to long. Then I do my Performance Int pages! Use to take me ages but now I can literally set up the FMC in minutes. Boeing that is, Airbuses looks like crap! Still similar in a way! Lucky guy flying the 777 fleet.

[MrJeanpaul123]

what the pilot put in the co route and that function work in the pss b777 on the fs2004

[squashkarakal]

@MrJeanpaul123

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[TheFSLife]

@squashkarakal He's asking what is the Co Route used for

[squashkarakal]

@MrJeanpaul123

Ah- the company route has the complete route and is pre programmed.

This way you don't have to put each airway or separate waypoints in the fms. Usually we fly the same routes so you can put amsdxb01 in the fms and it will have the complete route from amsterdam to dubai

[squashkarakal]

PS (or PSS :-D) the pss fs stuff is beyond me, the 777 is technical enough

[nikardem]

1 in 1 the same I do in PSS 777. Thank you very much!

[18vallancel]

It's calculated from data charts. It depends on factors such as weight and fuel burn.

[TheBadameco]

what is the step size?

[18vallancel]

@TheBadameco It's the distance between flight levels as they burn off fuel and get lighter.

[killmuster]

@18vallancel and how do you calculate it ?

[len636]

offff course KLM kakkkkkkkkersssss

[levelat350]

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

[7thcavalary]

What airline? :D

[PhilipDK5800]

@7thcavalary Most likely KLM, judged from the captain who says words in cutch :)

[7thcavalary]

@PhilipDK5800 yes I noticed that later when he put KLM into the flightnumber ;)

[Stefan0n9]

@PhilipDK5800 Yeah I'm pretty sure it's KLM, I can understand what they're saying when they're not talking English lol

[alwalk21]

Was he just brushing over the IRS or is it as simple as pressing one button and selecting pos in fmc? Thanks for the vids mate, great plane you're flying.

[dwildkat]

@alwalk21 Nope ...thats pretty much it, to the best of my knowledge ( PSS 777 on Flight simulator :D ). The system takes a few minutes to align though.

[kimosab3]

200 cost index..? quite high isn't it..?

that means it burns fuel too fast..

[zaphr89]

@kimosab3 lol, ur gonna argue about something the business people on an airline decides, with a pilot?

[zaphr89]

@zaphr89 Also, cost index, afaik, is about fuel, so if fuel is cheap that day/week whatever, they might increase the cost index so that the flight will be faster = less cash in salaries. Or a couple of thousand other reasons.

[dwildkat]

@kimosab3 Maybe they were running a bit late. I think dispatch ultimately decides what cost index is used

[2482811]

Wat betekent eigenlijk cost index?

[spongebobbignob]

Ok thanks for the  reply.

[spongebobbignob]

Hi . Cool Vid. Can you tell me what the step size means please?

[musicalaviator]

Step Size is about StepClimbs. As aircraft burn fuel in cruise, they get lighter, the lift the wings produce is then able to attain higher altitudes. The higher you are the less fuel you burn.

In ICAO airspace aircraft have to be 1000ft apart if travelling in opposite directions, 2000ft apart in the same direction. Instead of climbing 1 foot every 5 minutes, they climb in steps of 2000ft blocks every 2 or 3 hours or so. FMC is told how big the steps are so it can figure out when best to climb .

[b77w94]

@spongebobbignob its the size of the step climb, in this case 2000ft

[773ER14]

You have a lot of communication through ACARS these days, also the EFB gives you more or less the paper less cockpit. Hopefully Air Canada can snap along!

Rgds James