PMDG 777: How to PLAN your LONG HAUL Flight | Real Airline Pilot

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[@jaytee6960]

excellent video. Majority of virtual pilots don't pay a lot of attention to planning but this is a very important part of a flight.

[@A330Driver]

Absolutely! If you don't have a correct flightplan, how can you run correct procedures enroute?

[@ArrRoh]

I didn’t realise how powerful simbrief actually is! And all freeware. What a time for flight simulation!

[@A330Driver]

It's really a superb tool!

[@denziiey]

It really is and I have no regrets with my navigraph subscription.

[@keesflodder]

It's already there since 2013, just saying.

[@superweedenjoyer]

My jaw dropped the first time I saw all that it can do, big love for sim brief

[@A330Driver]

@@keesflodder It used to be really basic back then, though. In my opinion it started exceeding what PFPX could do in about late 2015 or early 2016.

[@shanewalker5015]

Flight Dispatcher/Flight planner here. Really good info to share with the community. Well done!

[@A330Driver]

Thank you very much!

[@shanewalker5015]

Simbrief like IRL flight planning software, struggles with sensible ETOPS scenarios. Probally the toughest part to teach the community. Also tough to teach company/country specific regulations as well. Things like Canadian domestic airspace being benign for the purposes of ETOPS for Canadian operators, weather requirements etc. Your experience operating ETOPS IRL shines though here. Bravo. Message me if you want to expand on this together for your viewers in the future.

[@HugoMorand]

Also long haul flight dispatcher, really good videos, simbrief would be the perfect tools if it had planning minima for ETOPS airport based on EASA regulation 😅

[@HugoMorand]

CYFB not the best ETOPS ALTN, since my airline and most are 180min for ETOPS, CYYR would be used since it covers even really northern routes

[@philiptither8530]

@@HugoMorandI agree, I only use it when I really have to or if I have to swing my crews really far north, usually coming back from HND.

[@FlyBySimulations]

Emi this is so helpful I must say. From one KZbinr to another (especially one that’s been looking forward to the PMDG 777 so much and planning my own in depth series on the bird), I can’t thank you enough. Truly invaluable to the community :)

[@VidehHousing]

Love your content FlyBy Simulations! Plz make an in-depth Aircraft Dissected for the 777 - ur 737 tutorials are still the best!!!!

[@freakzne7210]

Love it when flight sim YT people support each other- it’s what the community’s all about. Love Emi’s and ur content too FlyBy

[@A330Driver]

Thank you so much @FlyBySimulations! I can't wait to see your take on the plane and how you'll handle it! Only a few more days! By the way, will you be at the Expo?

[@FlyBySimulations]

@@A330Driver Can't wait! Unfortunately, won't be at FS Expo this year - I don't have a US visa and am still waiting for an appointment slot with the embassy to get one. Canada just has really slow Tourist Visa appointment slots at the moment. Let's connect via Discord or Instagram though!

[@OpinionatedHuman]

As a total amateur I never really understood the ETOPS system, thanks for this detailed explanation! Very interesting.

[@samaanalkhaldi2364]

Hello, I'm waiting for the training series for the PMDG Boeing 777 MSFS. Thanks in advance!

[@A330Driver]

wow, thank you so much for your support! Coming soon!

[@filostick1806]

It came on June the 25th

[@757Spy]

WOW! This was the best tutorial! Thank you for posting this. I'll be studying this for quite a while! CHEERS!

[@CubPilot84]

Thank you Emmanuel! I took an international flight planning class back in 2009 and this video was a great refresher.

[@A330Driver]

Love to hear it!

[@jasonthompson101]

Another excellent video with so much detail. Absoutley brilliant as always Emi

[@echosierrakilo2089]

Just realized, that you're almost the only flight sim youtubers I watch, so let me thank you very much Emanuel for the amazing and insightful content - really like it and really looking forward to the PMDG 777, seems to be magnificent aircraft! Joining the channel to support your hard work!

[@A330Driver]

Thank you so much! It really is a magnificant aircraft! WELCOME to the channel!

[@Wingman_]

Man, I don't think I've ever been more excited for a sim release - ever. Can't wait for your tutorial series, and for all the tips and tricks you provide!

[@sithiradulanjithgalhenaged6974]

This video is amazing. Never thought so far into planning a flight going to do similar planning for all flights. You sir are an amazing value to the FS community.

[@jarekp4421]

Thank you very much for extremely useful and interesting insight! I really appreciate your time and effort. Looking forward for more 😀 … and PMDG 777 flights!

[@jamisonr]

Learned so much about Simbrief just now. I pretty much only knew how to select my airframe, departure and destination. Looking forward to the 777 tutorials, I know the best ones will be here. The Cost Index was a real surprise to me, I sorta figured it stopped at 100.

[@A330Driver]

CI's really depend on the plane. On some it goes up to 9999.

[@crew-rest]

Fantastic work as usual!

[@pm110978]

Thanks for the video Captain 👍

[@pilot_andymohr]

Many thanks Emanuel for all these helpful tutorials.😊

[@Adel-ze5ev]

My first flight on the 777 is surely going to be transatlantic 🤠 thanks for the tutorial man ! I will surely watch all your playlist about the PMDG 777 just like i did with the 737

[@ozzievdog]

As Always, excellent video! Love your channel! Simply the Best.

[@A330Driver]

Thank you!

[@daveorr5858]

Thanks for a very informative video can’t wait to start planning a long haul

[@nicozika]

great video... can't wait for more 777 content

[@ChrisSmith-yq1ej]

Loads of great insight, much appreciated!

[@robinverschuur]

Would love to see a video on the significant weather. How to read it, what does very symbol mean, what to look out for, etc.

[@matness8879]

Thanks CAP for sharing your knowledge with us and also to explaine things so clearly!!!👌

[@A330Driver]

Thank you! Nice to hear from you again!

[@KenRod1969]

Very enlightening tutorial. Thank you!

[@frankwang81]

great video, learnt a lot! thank you!

[@triforcegamerz7150]

Thanks captain! Great video😉

[@Linska495th]

Can't wait for this and your videos!

[@A330Driver]

Soon!

[@davekiev_1]

That was such a cool overview of what you can do in Simbrief . I basically hammer through defaults in no time. Clearly need to spend longer in this tool, as it looks quite close to some of the dispatch notes you see on flight documentary videos, and it's right there for us to use.

[@DDBrecon]

I’m gonna need this after holiday Thank you!

[@youngcerialbox]

ORD-DXB is going to be my first flight, can’t wait!! ❤

[@elbenja8652]

Thanks for the video and the good explanation, maybe you can explain on a future vid the nta´s, entry points, etc and how to do the coms with the atc while flying these routes ;)

[@lacsap3001]

Thanks for the video 🎉

[@landingmission2203]

oh thank you for this video

[@alchemist_x79]

Way more in-depth flight-planning than my tiny casual-simmer brain can deal with in a flight, but I still really enjoy watching videos like this to see how the pros do it.

[@alexc8920]

very helpful

[@helvetitsch]

Amazing video! While RWY 14 is standard arrival RWY at ZRH the real SWR7771 flt did land on RWY 16 (after a lowpass on the same rwy) where it then was welcomed with water salute... Would be nice to see you fly it like this as well.

[@ironecke]

Wow, i didn’t know that airlines carry so much extra freight. Very interesting. Thanks for the video!

[@alexgasparovsky983]

flight sim community is lucky to have you, thank you emi

[@A330Driver]

Thank you very much!

[@jb894]

He is a goldmine

[@iamjames8200]

Vatsim ATC ain't though.

[@managed9348]

He’s a real one for-real…national treasure

[@MichGoBIue]

@@managed9348Global treasure! 😁

[@GG_Booboo]

Waiting with bated breath!🤩🤩

[@managed9348]

I’ve learned so much from you when it comes to adding realism to my sim flights, grateful for it man🙏🏽

[@A330Driver]

Thank you very much!

[@levifelsmann-ut6he]

Thanks for the video. Once the pmdg releases could you please create a step by step series going through the start up to landing process maybe. Thanks for the great videos

[@Manuel-9-]

Thank you Emi!

[@A330Driver]

You're welcome!

[@jamesbp]

I do find the operational aspects interesting

[@aarndub0760]

Hi emanuel great video as always .What does the small and larger rings around the airports for etops planning signify ?

[@matteochewie4373]

How to monetise on the PMDG 777 when it's not even out. A master lol!

[@A330Driver]

Well, 20.000 people watched the videos and comments are almost all positive. Seems like I did something right. Of course, you could downtalk anything saying it's money-making. But it will only make money, if people find it useful and like it.

[@captsonko.9345]

Am standby for pmdg 777 study tutorials i know its hard but will try to understand .😊

[@sk8guitardrums]

wow i really learned a lot from this video, thank you for such an intelligent and informative video. ok, so with a new aircraft that you collect from the factory, is there any special procedures and things you do like running in a brand new engine? be extra careful on all the temps and pressures to make sure everything is fully tested and bedded in before using full potential performance? would the collection crew go around and test all the functions and features, even all the entertainment system, toilets (that's a must after some stories of 777 toilet issues). make sure the coffee machine works etc? like how far do the collection crew go before taking delivery?

[@A330Driver]

Collecting the plane from the factory is "just a normal flight". It would have had its first flight and acceptance flight before already and by the time the airline collects it, it is fully checked out.

[@PervonHarke]

How would I go about getting more realistic passenger and especially cargo values?

[@hpharold23]

How do you download that simbrief desktop application? I only use the web and andriod app version.

[@A330Driver]

Hi, it's the web version I'm using. I simply cut everything else from the browser off using my recording tool. Too many links saved there which belong to my airline ;-)

[@jansimon4331]

Hey, I‘ve an issue. Maybe you or somebody else can help. When I create a Route with simbrief, I always have flightsteps. For example: from waypoint A to waypoint B the Altitude is FL300. From B to C the FL is 28. and then the next FL from C to D is 330. I try to put in all the FL‘s from simbrief into the FMC, but FMC always say „ALT CONSTRAINT C“. „C“ is the imaginary waypoint from my example. So the fmc don‘t allow me to climb again after descent from B to C. Why?😢

[@Britalex]

Could you show us how to interrogate the legs and fix page in the fmc to program the ETP's and specifically how the range rings work in the fix page

[@A330Driver]

That'll come in the cruise tutorials ;-)

[@vin340600]

As someone already commented here, I would also like to see your video on jet stream NATs, oceanic crossing and clearances, acars messaging etc.. Thanks!

[@Skyvibes10]

Big E , You always come with some really awesome content , if tge flight sim was bigger , you might reach 1 milion subs real quick , if online purchases is allowed i would love to be a member of the channel

[@badassoptic]

How does CI affect flying speed set in the FMC?

[@emreisldag2303]

In the airline company I've been working for, total seat count reaches at 531, all economy in our 777-300ER. Whereas non-ER 777-300 aircraft can maximum take up to 550 passengers again all economy. And that blue-dashed circle is not enroute alternate indeed. It is typically called Fuel Enroute Alternate. I don't know why SimBrief calls it like that. You already picked your enroute alternates both ETOPS (entry-exit) and non-etops circles which serve 60-minute range flights from one equal time point to another.

[@justsayin644]

Em would you consider doing a video on enroute alternate planning and operations including the FMC set up aspects of this with range circles etc? Basically how to generate a list of 60 min enroute alternates for the entire route with range ring set up for each. Unfortunately simbrief doesnt provide this feature right now so it would be great to have some real world insight in to this aspect and not just for etops planning/ routes.

[@abrievisser3613]

Good morning Capt. For my delivery flight I want to fly from Paine Field to Johannesburg South Africa with the 777. But im not sure if the range are too long. Will Simbrief warn me if the route is too long for my airplane ? Thank you 🙏🏻

[@tuhkathri9126]

Cool. Now I won't have to island hop in order to get my 737-600 from Seattle to Japan 🤣

[@A330Driver]

hahaha, *that* can indeed be done quite a bit quicker now!

[@adityasanghvi3494]

Yay Let the videos begin. Thank you very much EMI Much love for you and your amazing videos

[@A330Driver]

Thank you very much!

[@martinsantia8258]

How do you have the significant weahter with different colours?

[@marcschmidt2786]

Masterpiece of Information to use in a couple of days. Well done! I would like to hear your interpretation and perspective of the daily tech talks from Mathijs. Maybe thats allowed until nda is finally liftet. (Friday 18:00 zulu as stated in the official forum)

[@A330Driver]

Thank you so much! I'll probably do a video on it tomorrow.

[@Angel33Demon666]

I have two things I’d like to see in further videos which are flight planning to take advantage of/avoid jet streams and winds. Simbrief’s routing doesn’t take into account the winds when the flight happens (with regard to lateral routing-it does with vertical), dispatchers frequently change their routing to either fly with or avoid the jet stream. How would one do that without actually studying all the winds and making a ton of routes and comparing them? The second thing is when you can use random routes rather than the NATTRACKS, I’ve read that your flight plans are more prone to delays/getting rerouted if you don’t use the nattracks and instead create a random route, so what considerations are there to decide whether or not to use them?

[@ferozus]

ETOPS = Engines turn or passengers swim :D

[@A330Driver]

Exactly this!

[@bubobubo41]

Useful for XPlane users soon too (albeit for a smaller/older variant)

[@kevintroy1183]

What sort of liveries are available when it drops, and are they free on xbox

[@fteufel0212]

Tolles video! Ich hab dich heute auf vatsim gehört auf Bremen Radar als ich nach hannover geflogen bin

[@A330Driver]

Danke! Dann wirst Du bald auch die Möglichkeit haben, dir das nochmal anzuhören ;-)

[@landingmission2203]

Would be nice to have tutorials about the 777 (procedures). Like the fenix a320 Tutorial

[@A330Driver]

They'll come for sure!

[@landingmission2203]

@@A330Driverthanks

[@captnolan737]

Do you happen to know what the ETOPS Target Scenario limit (In minutes) is for the Airbus A300-600 such as the iniBuilds??? Thanks, Nolan

[@A330Driver]

Hi Nolan, according to Wikipedia the A300-600 has a 180 minute ETOPS rating. I didn't have any better information at hand to verify this however.

[@lquidty5]

In the first flight of the swiss 777 there was a low pass at Zurich, can you do that at vatsim?

[@A330Driver]

You need to coordinate it with the controllers. Some will accomodate it, others will not.

[@trixyy7742]

What settings do you use for long haul flights

[@lebobo4532]

Hey emmanuel ! As a french, I've some information for you ! Since the overseas regions are part of France, AirFrance has a public mission of transporting people in and out of those islands. But the airline also has a lot of cargo ops during those flights, since a lot of things are imported from the mainland (blood, tires etc...). Since the AirFrance Cargo's 777 dont operate those flights, the cargo is loaded in Orly or CDG in the classic 777 with pax so you actually may expect a bug cargoload, even tho it wont be sometimes as much as what the swiss are carrying towards SFO ahah

[@A330Driver]

Thanks! Do you have any insights into how much it actually is?

[@lebobo4532]

​@@A330Driver Good question ! From what I know, it will depend of the current situation there but since there are daily flights, I would assume it can go from 10T to 20T

[@NookaNifty]

That was interesting... so if you as a passenger end up on a long-haul flight where there are only a few passengers with a tight schedule to the next flight, it might be more cost effective for the airliner to fly slower and risk the few missing their connection than to fly with a higher cost index to make sure they make it?

[@A330Driver]

That's a calculation that an airline would surely run in the background... but typically you wouldn't fly slower than your standard cost index ECON speed.

[@ralue3187]

Why is there a scenario that exactly takes 207 minutes? Why not e.g. 270?

[@SpeedChecked]

You may use DLH layout It's definitely the closest one

[@gabrielvillar966]

Is there any place where you can see the meaning of those symbols? 9:36

[@albfantom4023]

Hello, Can I recommend you to use PFPX for route with minimum fuel calculation and of course IFPS for Eurocontrol flight plan validation for more realism ?

[@A330Driver]

Hi, while PFPX does offer some more features than simBrief, I really do not see the need to pay that extra money. SimBrief provides highly accurate flight plans by now and includes most features one could wish for. Unless you are a certified dispatcher or airline pilot and really know what to do with all those extra features, I do not see much sense in using PFPX over simBrief. And even if you are, simBrief still provides more accurate flight plan layouts, Significant Weather Charts, etc. which PFPX can not provide.

[@albfantom4023]

@@A330Driver SimBrief doesn't calculate any flight plan according to the real time wind, it only takes routes from database and historic. That's the only default, and that's why I recommend you to use PFPX only for the route. Of course Simbrief is much better than PFPX ... But try to validate your flight plan from SimBrief's database with IFPS and you will see ... sometimes it works sometimes no

[@owenbache7316]

Hong Kong to New York jfk Cathay 777-300er my first long haul.

[@yaqoobalaskari]

Hello Emi, thank you for the interesting video, as always great. Do you think it will have smooth Polar crossing than the P3D one ?

[@A330Driver]

MSFS has some limitations close to the pole, if Asobo irons them out, then yes.

[@yaqoobalaskari]

Thank you, can’t wait to get it.

[@The_Apple_Sheep]

Emi can we please get a flight video of you having an “unexpected” incident in which you have to divert? This way you can show us what a diversion looks like My favorite scenario, taken from AirForceProud95, is in which a passenger drops his phone into the toilet, sticks his hand in to grab, accidentally clicks flush, and then his arm is now stuck in the toilet. 😅 You can use whatever scenario you want, however lol 😂

[@arescyp]

Just curios if the cockpit design does look like at p3dv5? Simbrief need to add etops fueling system.

[@A330Driver]

Well, it looks like a 777. The model has been completly redone, but of course a 777 is a 777.

[@arescyp]

@@A330Driver well flying all type of pmdg boeing aircraft type from fsx to p3dv5 Ireally can't wait for release. what pmdg did great was, that there is no need to purchase B77L first👍

[@mdhazeldine]

Very interesting. That thing you said at the end....did I hear correct that you can sometimes use up alternate airport fuel as you get close to the destination? That sounds dangerous to me. What happens if your intended airport suddenly gets unexpected extreme weather, or closes due to an emergency and then you have to divert at the last minute?

[@A330Driver]

Yes, you can. Of course you wouldn't do it when extreme weather is forecast and you also wouldn't do it on a single runway airport. But take airports like Chicago, or Frankfurt with several landing runways in good weather conditions and then ask: Why not?

[@mdhazeldine]

@@A330Driver Ok, yeah I can see that makes more sense.

[@lockheedelectra]

I guess you can't tell us an exact date when you will be able to show us the 777, but could you provide a rough estimate? Like, will it be before this weekend or maybe just a day or two before the 25th?

[@A330Driver]

Friday, 18z Is that exact enough? :D

[@lockheedelectra]

@@A330Driver Haha, well nog I'm even more eager to see it!

[@giz54]

Does anyone know any websites that shows real world flights in Asia. The edi-gla is more of europe .Thank you

[@brianplatz4081]

Schedules tab in Volanta

[@A330Driver]

If you're only looking for schedules, FlightRadar24 is superb!

[@giz54]

@@A330Driver Looking for Routes

[@coder236]

i'll be honest, what the devs at navigraph have done with simbrief blows my f'ing mind!

[@aljina8807]

How do you populate ETOPS in the FMS ?

[@A330Driver]

A tutorial will be coming soon ;-)

[@Scarebus_Driver]

Boings fly generally more efficiently at higher speeds with around 60-80 being prime for the 787/777 saving round 12-16mins on a 7 hour flight and using 200kg less fuel than CI of 30. Boeigs like to fly fast they are not Buses...😂😂

[@francb1982]

the 777 has not yet been released

[@liamfrid3923]

excellent video. Im sure that it will be a United livery and do you know what reg that livery will have?

[@A330Driver]

Thank you! It'll be N2251U

[@liamfrid3923]

@@A330Driver Thanks! So it will be the newer livery NICE👌

[@A330Driver]

@@liamfrid3923 It is indeed!

[@Dominossss]

@@A330Driver I'll ask, livery Emirates? What registration? ☺️

[@A330Driver]

@@Dominossss A6-ENE

[@jj__king__]

No problem at all to do long gaul witm pmdg, turn on pause on god and you Are good, then you can fly long Haug on 6h or 14h

[@peytonherrick291]

You should live stream the first pmdg 777 flight.

[@A330Driver]

I'll be at FSExpo in Vegas when the NDA falls, unfortunately I can't livestream there. It's really a pity they put the NDA release right on Vegas.

[@peytonherrick291]

Yeah, that really is a pity. Enjoy FS expo.

[@donkandoaviacion]

Will you do tutorials on it?

[@A330Driver]

Absolutely!

[@Richard_McDonald_Woods]

No mention of RTA ?

[@A330Driver]

That's a function we can use inflight, but not by flight planning.

[@MobilAvenue_]

Can’t you just use the globe on the main menu to plan your flight?

[@A330Driver]

I would not recommend to do that. I'm afraid it does not provide realistic routes and if routes are not valid by the AIRAC installed in the airplane, you will encounter issues entering them into the FMC.

[@MobilAvenue_]

@@A330Driver Isn’t there a way for it to do it automatically? I don’t want to have to sit there on my Xbox and manually program the FMC.

[@A330Driver]

@@MobilAvenue_ No, there isn't. I'm not an xbox expert, but must stuff can simply be uplinked from simbrief on PC: Can the 737 on xbox uplink flightplans? If it can, then the 777 will probably be able to do it as well.

[@MobilAvenue_]

@@A330Driver I don’t have a PC or 737. I have A340 and that works great

[@TrueBlade-1889]

Can I land this at Lukla ?

[@A330Driver]

Should work - if you don't bounce

[@madsib5187]

With Max Autobreak no problem 😂

[@A330Driver]

@@madsib5187 The challenge is to flare at the right point - it's a huge aircraft and the gear is far below you, especially at high pitch angles. It's very easy either to land long, or to crash the gear into the wall in front of the runway. Don't ask me how I know... LOL

[@donsale6301]

First❤

[@TeamOdiffat]

lol

[@detlefweisz2067]

I never do longhaul flights so buying the 777 would be stupid and waste of money. I'd rather further learn how to maintain PMDG's 737

[@A330Driver]

There's a couple of airlines who use the 777 on short to medium haul as well. Turkish flies many short hauls with it, such as Istanbul to Antalya, Izmir or Athens. Emirates, American, United, Singapore and many Chinese carriers also use it on short to medium haul routes. But of course, if you're a pure short haul guy, the 737 will be better for you.

[@lcmortensen]

To be honest, making journalists wait an extra 20 minutes is probably not worth the extra two tonnes of fuel. They'll probably use the extra time interviewing people or practising their camera shots on preceeding aircraft.

[@donkandoaviacion]

This is pay version navigraph

[@A330Driver]

simbrief is free, only the chart overlay needs a paid subscription.

[@donkandoaviacion]

@@A330Driverok thank you have a nice day.😊

[@GodfatherCZ1]

@@A330Driver Well not really , you have to pay Navigraph sub for AIRAC data . Not an issue for offline flying , but for online kinda necessary .

[@A330Driver]

@@GodfatherCZ1 You can do just fine without current navdata, simply tell ATC if you are unable to fly a procedure. Updating your AIRAC is *not* a requirement to fly online, though many controllers frame it differently. Unable for a procedure? Radar Vectors. In many cases you can also get current charts for free (all of the US and EU and many more places!), you can use those to compare what your FMC has with what it should be and might be able to fly many procedures nontheless.

[@737-Sim-Pilot]

Great video Emi, I’m so excited my wallet is about to punished but this plane is going to be to great not to buy

[@A330Driver]

Thank you very much! Don't worry, it's not going to be *that* expensive! Break it down to the hours you use it and you'll end up with pretty good numbers!

[@737-Sim-Pilot]

@@A330Driver First I just want to make sure I wasn’t complaining what so ever the price is needed for a great add-on like this, and I’ve been saving for it for 2 or 3 months now so that I can get it, and I’m sure it will be well worth my money 😁.

[@737-Sim-Pilot]

@peterpickguitar yea lol 😂