1 Introduction
ATC Remarks
In this topic, we will provide an overview of the ATC remarks, and how the ATC Strip can be edited prior to sending.
We estimate that this will take 1 minute to complete.
2 Detailed Explanation
Updating the ATC Message
There
are two ways to update the ATCs:
1. From the
Plan screen, there is a tab for ATC Remarks:
2. From the
Reports screen, you can edit the ATC message before you
send to ARTCC:
Click
the ATC Remarks tab.
You can add ATC Remarks from the Plan screen using the text box at the bottom.
Click
the Blank ATC Remarks input
field.
The tab that is active will have a green line above it.
Enter NONRVSM into
the Blank ATC Remark field.
In this example, we will will indicate our aircraft is now NONRVSM for this flight. This remark will show in Line 18 on ATC message.
Click
the Compute button.
Once you have finished your flight plan, you may select Compute.
Click
the Send to ATC button.
Once the flight is computed, you may send to ATC. However, we need to make an adjustment to our flight strip before we send it out.
Click
the Details hyperlink.
Clicking Details will bring up a text box with the ATC message you can edit before sending.
HINT
If you do not need to make changes or put the message in a queue, you can select Confirm, which will end the message to ATC as shown in the box below.
Click
the Message input
field.
From here you can edit the recipients, type of file, message and when the message should be sent.
Press
the 
key.
In this example, we
need to remove the equipment code W to signify we are non RVSM.
You can also
edit the altitude, remarks, or any other section of the message
before sending out.
This is helpful
for changes that are not permanent or received after a flight
has been computed.