Cruise Flashcards by Brenton McColl

Crew Handover Scan Flow

RCL/Stat/Fuel/Com
HF/OFP/MORA/WX
Nrst/CC/Oth/Sleep

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Pacific ADQ Airports

APIA SA(NSFA). 30i
Auckland (NZAA) 35i
Christch (NZCH). 32i
H’lulu HW(PHNL) 37i

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Pacific ADQ Airports

Kahului HW(PHOG)21i
Kona HW(PHKO).  33i
Majuro MI(PKMJ). 24r
Nadi FI(NFFN).      32i

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US ADQ Airports

Oakland KOAK 32i
Portland KPDX. 33i
Victorville KVCV. 45i

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US ALTN Airports

VegasMcCrnKLAS 44i
Ontario KONT 37i
SanDiego KSAN. 28i
SanFrncscoKSFO 36i

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For ALTN with CAT 1

Weather must be

Above CAT 1 Visibility only.

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Min RFFS

Dest/Dep 8 or D
ALTN 7 or C
EDTO. 4 or A
ALTN(au) NIL

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EDTO 451 calculated on

0.89/330

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Post Dispatch

EDTO Weather Minimums

Most appropriate Landing Minima.

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To enter a step climb

Use
VNAV Step
Enter: /340s

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Cruise climb

Uses 225-450 kg per 1000 ft

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Effect of not flying at OPTIUM ALT

+2000’=1-2% inc

4000’=4-5% inc
8000’=12-14%!

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Other effects on cruise fuel consumption.

ISA+10=1% inc

Mach +0.01=1-2% inc

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Within 2000’ of optimum Altitude

0.84M is good LRC

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Max Alt

Increases
100 ft
Every 10 mins

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Wind updates in cruise

Available 4 hours after each sigWx time.

Eg 04,10,16,22

If you put airports in the fix pages

Generally match them in the ALTN pages

Don’t forget, in the Handover brief…

Give the MORA of current sector.

At an ETP and above MIN FUEL but below DIV FUEL

Consider 20,000ft on oxy until oxy near depleted. Or just go.

Diversion OFF Track
US and Pacific
Clearance unable and SYSTEMS FAILURE

121.5/Pan or Mayday
Lights/15nm either way
CL/DC 500’

Diversion OFF Track
US and Pacific
Clearance unable and Weather Diversion<10

121.5/TCAS/Lights

<10nm stay at FL.

But if

Deviation > 10 nm

SUND 300’ til within 10nm

When doing a change to Pri/Sec HF…

Always do a SELCAL check. Avoids difficulty if you need it in emergency.

Don’t forget to reset step size to RVSM:

Back in AU airspace;

* Into LAX crossing busy tracks network.

1InitRef.2Rte.3DepArr 4Fix.5Legs (Back to top) 6InitRef.7Rte

3.Put SID. 4.Spd/Alt const. 6.TO/Accel Thr Reduct. 7.Check RTE from OFP route.

If no Wind Upload or no time to enter winds...

Put W/V fm FMC data entry block in all 4 Alts of first leg. It's sector average wind.

COMPANY FLIGHT INFORMATION Page

Enter Flight Planned time

If not within 21 nm of your executed OFFSET:

ATC Posn report may not sequence. | Reduce or cancel crossing a WP

Max Rate of Climb

Clean speed + 60

Max Angle Climb Speed

In FMC Climb Page

Calling a phone number not listed in SATCOM.

0061432505147 ie. Prefix with "00"

If an armed report is outstanding and we change ATC login:

"ABORTED" appears. | Send a free text (eg "BACK ON RTE")

When you change a level or are diverting around WX...

Notify revised ETA if it is more than 2 mins different from last POSN REP.

At TOPC

Check Trim and Systems | Departure Report