Flight plans

Question 1

How many Alternate Flight Plans can be loaded into the CAAS from the mission card?

Answer 1

5

1 active, 5 loaded into CAAS), (1 active, 10 alternates on the card itself

Question 2

Which MFD control layer provides access to the USER ACPS LIST page?

Answer 2

SYS index

Question 3

How many Flight Plan Points (FPP’s) can be inserted into an active or alternate flight plan?

Answer 3

239 (39 history, 200 future)

Question 4

What color is the TO FPP displayed on the active FPLN page?

Answer 4

White

Question 5

What must be assigned or applied to an ACP to make it a Flight Plan Point?

Answer 5

Specific mission requirements (constraints)

Question 6

Which of the 3 types of flight plans (active, modified, or alternate) lets the pilots to change the inbound course to the TO FPP so the aircraft will cross the FPP at the selected course?

Answer 6

Active and modified

Question 7

Which CDU pages provides access to the USER ACPS LIST?

Answer 7

IDX 2/2

Question 8

What does the ATTRIBUTE “T” on the FFP line mean?

Answer 8

The displayed FPP has a FIXED arrival time designated

Question 9

What is the maximum number of USER ACPs?

Answer 9

500

Question 10

Which CDU page provides access to the MOVING ACP LIST page?

Answer 10

LS2 on PROC/PATT Page

Question 11

Does the active flight plan have to be named?

Answer 11

No

Question 12

How many data pages are available for each FPP?

Answer 12

3

Question 13

How does CAAS define Mission Requirements or Constraints?

Answer 13

Time, speed, altitude

Question 14

Once the aircraft is airborne, edits to the active flight plan must be made through the _____ pages(s) or ________ pages.

Answer 14

PERF PROG, FPLN DATA pages

Question 15

What is the difference between Lead Turn on and Lead Turn off?

Answer 15

Lead turn ON: Fly-by; Lead turn OFF: Overfly points

Question 16

Explain what the Offset feature does?

Answer 16

The parallel course offset is specified as a distance left or right of flight plan course for weather or traffic avoidance, etc

(Not allowed for legs preceding a hover, land or stop)

Question 17

On the Active Flight Plan page (FPLN), what does typing L0.5 in the scratchpad and selecting LS1 direct the system to do?

Answer 17

Parallel OFFSET left .5 NM

Question 18

What does changing a flight plans point inbound course from 360º to C 330º tell CAAS to do?

Answer 18

Cross the point on a heading of 330 C= show course

Question 19

Which CDU software partition contains SIDs, STARs, Holding Patterns, Visual and GPS approaches?

Answer 19

Commercial Flight Management Function (non-corruptible)

Question 20

How many Mark Points are available?

Answer 20

15 (16th overwrites the oldest)

Question 21

Weight and Moment Arms can be changed for which fuel tanks?

Answer 21

ERFS Tanks

Question 22

The values on PERF INIT pages are derived from the values entered on the __________ or__________.

Answer 22

Pre-planned values loaded on the mission card, or PERF DEFAULTS when manually entering a FPLN

Question 23

What does the attribute MSD represent if showing by a Flight Plan Point.

Answer 23

First leg of missed approach procedure

Question 24

TRUE or FALSE: The LIFTOFF RESET function allows the operator to re-establish the start point for the current flight plan.

Answer 24

Tru

Question 25

On PERF INIT 2/2, if you place a “U” in the OAT bracket at LS2 what have you told the system to do?

Answer 25

Updates the OAT field to current sensed conditions

Question 26

In the LIFTOFF state can the time of departure and mission fuel fields be edited?

Answer 26

No

Question 27

The CDU Commercial Flight Management function partition performs enroute navigation and terminal area operation. Name two of the four operations / procedures it provides?

Answer 27

(a) Standard Instrument Departures (SIDs)
(b) Standard Terminal Approach Routes (STARs)
(c) Holding patterns
(d) Visual and GPS approaches

Question 28

On PERF INIT ½, if there is a time constraints in the flight plan, how do I tell the system to compute and display the required time of departure.

Answer 28

Entry of an “M” in the scratchpad and selection of RS2 allows the system to compute and display the required time of departure