Tim and Schmid

I am enjoying the friendly exchange of ideas between you and the interesting points of view about how to fly the FMC.

I'm neither a real pilot or an experienced FMC simmer, just an old (74 years) flight enthusiast trying to expand my knowledge of the FMC. My capacity to learn is now somewhat diminished so with what years still remain in my life I need to learn enough to have fun quickly. With your tips that fun has come easier. Thank you. I'm perfectly happy to fly the entire plan in auto mode and not interface with ATC. When the FMC works, it is great fun to experience the moves the plane makes and watch the adjustments of the controls, speed bugs, and the display of the map and plan as the flight progresses.

Tim and Schmid's recent posts have elevated the good information level of this thread. Wish CS had better English skills and the time such that they could contribute more to this thread. Between the complexity of the FMC in general, the unique features of the CS FMC, real world use of the FMC and total automated use of the FMC leaves a lot of room for different operation of the FMC. Knowing how others view the FMC operation is instructive. I will soon settle on a very limited knowledge base in the use of the FMC and be happy with it.

Reading the manuals is tough for me. I've not yet been entirely through the FMC manual since I realize I still don't understand how to use the information I've read, and my eyes begin to glaze over trying to continue reading. The most instructive way for me to learn is to grasp enough of the information and try it in the plane. What I've considered quirks in the CS FMc may be the way the real ones work, yet I'm still skeptical about some features. Only a real pilot of a 757 or the FMC designer could probably give us the true answers.

Tim, I've tried to locate your CS757 review at AVSIM. Can you now provide the link? Thanks.

Jim