Flight Plans Flashcards
Active and alternate flight plans are ordered sequences of up to ____ FPPs.
239
Which Flight Plan Management term, is an ACP with specific mission requirements?
Flight Plan Point
Weight and Moment Arm can be changed for ____.
ERFS only
On the CDU PERF DEFAULTS page, toggling LS6 with a blank scratchpad changes the displayed ____ to the next field.
Cargo Zone
The values on PERF INIT pages are derived from the values entered on the ____.
PERF DEFAULT page or mission card
Once the aircraft is airborne, edits to the active flight plan must be made through the ____ page(s).
PERF PROG or FPLN DATA
Which flight plan(s) allow the inbound course to be changed?
Active and Modified Flight Plans
How many data pages are available for each FFP?
3
How many ACPs may be selected at a time on the TARGET ACPS LIST page?
1
What CDU page lets me designate the fuel in the Extended Range Fuel System tanks as cargo?
PERF DEFAULTS
How many Alternate Flight Plans can be loaded into CAAS from the mission card?
5
Which MFD Control Layer provides access to the USER ACPS LIST page?
SYS IDX
What color is the TO FPP displayed on the active FPLN page?
White
What must be assigned or applied to an ACP to make it a Flight Plan Point?
Temporary Waypoint
Which of the 3 types of flight plans lets the pilots change the inbound course to the TO FPP so the aircraft will cross the FPP at the selected course?
Active or Modified FPLNs
Which CDU page provides access to the USER ACP LIST?
INDEX 2/2
What does the ATTRIBUTE “T” on the FPP line mean?
FIXED arrival time
What is the maximum number of USER ACPs?
239 (200 current, 39 history)
Which CDU page provides access to the MOVING ACP LIST page?
LS2 on the PROCEDURES/PATTERNS page
Does the active flight plan have to be named?
No
How does CAAS define Mission Requirements or Constraints?
Time, speed, or altitude
Once the aircraft is airborne, edits to the active flight plan must be made through the ____ page(s) or ____ page(s).
PERF PROG or FPLN DATA
What is the difference between Lead Turn on and Lead Turn off?
Lead Turn ON- Changes the leg transition type from OVERFLY to FLY-BY
Lead Turn OFF- Will fly over the point before changes to the next leg parameters
Explain what the Offest feature does?
Creates a pseudo FPP parallel to the original flight plan course
On the Active Flight Plan Page (FPLN), what does typing L0.5 in the scratchpad and selecting LS1 direct the system to do?
Enters Offset
What does changing a flight plan’s point inbound course from 360 to 330 tell CAAS to do?
Changes the sequence mode to MANUAL
A flight plan can contain up to ____ flight plan points.
239
Which CDU software partition contains SIDs, STARs, Holding Patterns, Visual and GPS approaches?
COMMERCIAL-FMF
How many Mark Points are available?
15
The values on the PERF INIT pages are derived from the values entered on the ____ or ____.
PERF DEFAULTS page or mission card
What does the attribute MAP represent if showing by a Flight Plan Point?
The first leg of the missed approach procedure
TRUE or FALSE: The LIFTOFF RESET funtion allows the operator to re-establish the start point for the current flight plan.
TRUE
On PERF INIT 2/2, if you place a “U” in the OAT bracket at LS2 what have you told the system to do?
Updates OAT to the current reading
In the LIFTOFF state can the time of departure and mission fuel fields be edited?
No
The CDU Commercial Flight Management function partition performs enroute navigation and terminal area operation. Name two of the four operations/procedures it provides.
SID, STARs, Holding Pattern, Visual and GPS Approach
On PERF INIT 1/2, if there is a time constraint in the flight plan, how do I tell the system to compute and display the required time of departure?
“M” into ETD
The Predictive RAIM (PRAIM) page provides the capability to enter a destination waypoint and the ETA at that waypoint and display the PRAIM status for a period of +/- ____ minutes of ETA.
15
What does RNP/RNAV mean?
Required Navigation Performance / Area Navigation
