This program will enable you to associate specific climb, cruise, descent, and hold performance profiles with keys which will be used in the CRZ field of the Flight Plan screen. This, for example, will permit you to designate which climb and descent profiles are to be used with Long Range Cruise, which ones are to be used with High Speed Cruise, or which are to be used with an engine-inoperative cruise.
The available modes are:
Add
Edit
Delete
Video
Screen
Hardcopy
Quit
Add Mode
Field | Description |
Profile Key | Enter a code to designate the profile that you are going to add. This code will subsequently be used in the cruise field of the Flight Plan. Although you can use any code of your choice, for the sake of commonality the following choices are suggested: STD for all fixed Mach Number profiles. (You do not need to enter a key for each and every Mach number, the STD key will serve for all such profiles.) LRC for Long Range Cruise HSC for High Speed Cruise 1EO for 1 engine out LGE for Landing Gear Extended POD for extra engine Pod YDI for Yaw Damper Inoperative CI
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Display As | Enter a name to display for the performance profile key. |
Aircraft Type | Enter the aircraft type. |
Series | Enter the aircraft series. The <?> Search function may be used in this field. |
Engines | Enter the type of engines. The <?> Search function may be used here too. |
Units | Enter the unit of weight (LBS or KGS). |
Aircraft ID | This field is optional, and can only be accessed if the Aircraft Type field has been skipped. This will permit you to set up a special profile grouping that is different for one particular aircraft. Example: If you want the climb profile associated with LRC for one particular aircraft to differ from that in use by the rest of the fleet. Enter the aircraft identifier used in the Aircraft Characteristics file. |
Abnormal (Y/N) | Indicate whether this profile is considered as normal or abnormal. For the purpose of this definition, normal is considered to be any profile that uses the full complement of engines, and does not involve any special restrictions to flight planning. Profiles flagged as abnormal are placed at the bottom on the list of profiles on the Plan screen. |
Used for Alternate Route (Y/N) | Enter whether or not the specific cruise profile will be used for the alternate as well, yes <Y> or no <N>. |
ETP Allowed (Y/N) | For some profiles which involve engine-inoperative conditions, it may be impractical to use an ETP calculation that involves the loss of 50% of engines. If you select <N> in this field, then the ETP routine will only calculate the position of the ETP along track, and will not perform any fuel burn calculations. |
Data Type
| Only option is [T]able.
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Description | Enter a description of the performance profile key, e.g. …..COST INDEX 049….. . |
Climb
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Profile | Enter the main designator for the climb profile which you want to be associated with this cruise profile. The <?> Search function can be used in this field. |
Auxiliary Profile | Enter the auxiliary climb profile (e.g., 250/300/M80), or use the <?> Search function to select from the available options. |
Engines | Enter the number of engines that apply to this climb profile. Note: The number of engines may not be the same as the number of engines in the cruise profile. For example, if you were creating an engine-inoperative profile for a B727-200, and there was no 2-engine climb data available, then a 3-engine profile might be selected as the best available substitute. |
Date | This is a display only field which will be filled automatically by the program with the current system date. |
Src (source) | Enter your initials. |
Cruise
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Profile | Enter the cruise profile designator for the cruise performance data that you want to be used in conjunction with this profile. The <?> Search function may be used to select from the available options. For fixed Mach, simply enter <STD>. This will represent all available fixed Mach profiles. |
Engines | Enter the number of engines that apply to this performance data. |
Date | This is a display only field which will be filled automatically by the program with the current system date. |
Src (source) | Enter your initials. |
Descent
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Profile | Enter the main designator for the descent profile which you want to be associated with this cruise profile. The <?> Search function can be used in this field. |
Auxiliary Profile | Enter the auxiliary descent profile (e.g., M78/280/250), or use the <?> Search function to select from the available options. |
Engines | Enter the number of engines that apply to this descent profile. |
Date | This is a display only field which will be filled automatically by the program with the current system date. |
Src (source) | Enter your initials. |
Hold
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Profile | Enter the main designator for the descent profile which you want to be associated with this cruise profile. The <?> Search function can be used in this field. |
Auxiliary Profile | Enter the auxiliary descent profile (e.g., M78/280/250), or use the <?> Search function to select from the available options. |
Engines | Enter the number of engines that apply to this climb profile. |
Description | Enter a description of the profile you have created. This description will be displayed on the command line whenever the <?> Search function is used to select this particular profile in the Flight Plan program, so it is important that it provides sufficient detail for the dispatcher. Any discrepancy in the number of engines used in the various components of the profile should be indicated. Example: If it were necessary to use a 3 engine climb for a 1EO profile, then this should be indicated in the description so that the dispatcher may be informed and can pass the information on to the crew receiving the plan. |
Date | This is a display only field which will be filled automatically by the program with the current system date. |
Src (source) | Enter your initials. |
Edit Mode
This mode allows you to alter performance groupings that you have already established.
Example: If you had an engine-out grouping set up which used a full-engines climb for lack of the correct data, and then the engine-out climb data became available, you could amend the grouping to ensure that the correct climb data was used.
To amend a profile grouping:
Enter the key, i.e. the profile code, and the type, series, engines, and units of weight.
The remainder of the information will be displayed on screen.
You may edit the profiles in the usual manner.
Video Mode
This mode allows you to view one profile grouping at a time, and to scroll through the entire file. The file is sorted alphabetically by Profile Code and Aircraft Type, i.e., by using the up and down arrows you will be able to view all of the groupings associated with A310s, then all those associated with B727s, then B737s, etc.
If you know the specific grouping that you want to review, then enter its key. If the key can not be found, then the next available record will be displayed, and you may use the up/down arrow keys to scroll through the file.
Screen Mode
This mode will permit you to view a report of all profiles for a given aircraft type, or range of types.
Hardcopy Mode
Hardcopy mode functions in the same manner as Screen mode, with the exception that the report is sent to the printer hence you do not have the ability to terminate the report in mid-stream.
Quit Mode
Entering <Q> from the Command Line will return the Next PROGRAM-NUMBER prompt so that you have the option of going directly to your next program if you know the menu number, or of returning to the previous menu if you simply press <Enter>.
Note: The following descriptions represent the typical access and privileges afforded to users designated as Dispatch Managers/Supervisors. Users with dispatcher privileges will have limited access to a subset of the screens presented.
