Airline Pilots Use These Small Computers For Almost Everything

Cockpit scenes filmed under Part 91 with permission from Envoy Air, Inc… Airline pilots use the FMS, or Flight Management System, almost as much as the autopilot or flight controls. If you're a student pilot or flight instructor, you've probably never used one before, and it's one of the most important things you'll learn as you get started. The FMS is used for anything from programming routes, messaging dispatch, and printing weather reports, to calculating fuel and managing crossing altitudes.
While in some cases we are legal to fly without even a single operating FMS, that's highly unusual and the FMS remains one of the most important resources we have in the flight deck.
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KZbin Video Chapters:
0:00 What Is An FMS?
1:00 Setting Up The FMS
1:48 Using The FMS Before Pushback
3:12 Climb: Fuel Progress Report Received
3:54 Enroute FMS Use
4:34 Arrivals Using The FMS
5:06 Ask Your Crew For Tips And Tricks
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non-qwerty keyboard layout is evil.

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Thanks for the information about the FMS! Always enjoy your videos!

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Awesome vlog Swayne!! It was nice to see how the FMS works on the Embraer. Thanks for the tutorial. How do you guys handle turbulence?

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Nice video on behind the scenes flight management. David Clarks! 2:51 - awesome!

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Wow, i thought it was bit easy to control the FMS in ERJ. But it is more complicated than A320. Good work bro. Keep learning.

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Great Video and information. Thanks!

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Can't believe nobody's made a reference to the TPS reports... classic movie... But the main thing I want to mention is about the shot of the pushback with the headphones hanging out of the side of the aircraft still. Different airline last month had an incident where someone forgot the headphones and the regional aircraft arrived at its destination with the door open and cord still attached. headphones themselves, a pax saw it hit the wing and explode during the take off roll! YIKES!

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So much i didnt know about the FMS!!!! Very interesting thanks!!!

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thanks man ivebeen confused by this little thing for so long

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Thanks Bryan!

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like2fly I’ll look into that!

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When are you going to make “how to taxi through Chicago O’hare airport? Good vid by the way.

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Uh... call ground and ask for taxi clearance? And writing down even the most complex taxi clearances are easy.

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Another good informative video, really interesting!

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sirjasonakana appreciate it!

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You should consider doing a video on the growing trend of lost passenger luggage and what can be done to improve the situation. The inconvenience caused by such unfortunate events on passengers is massive

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Thank-you for your information....😀

I use the same FMS on King Air 315. Very easy to operate it.

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another great video thanks

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Thank you!

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Very very nice vid bro I always wondered how it works. I never knew that they go so much nice vid the vid was the one I actually waited for nice thx

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Just a question. If pilots don’t like the weather they see on their route or at dep/arr airports, do they have the discretion to cancel/delay or is that all up to dispatch. Really enjoyed the video man!

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Have a safe flight always captain.❤️

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I hope your company never discourages you from making these videos. You represent the business as a calm and prepared professional

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Not at all! I actually went through months of planning to make these videos happen. They're all approved and coordinated with the company!

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The CDU layout if a little different but the software looks very similar to the Dash 8 Q400. Very nice video as always, Swayne. Thanks again!

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Yes! Keep em coming

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Will do!

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Once again Swayne, you've produced another outstanding video! I love following you on your journey in aviation, and stared following since you started at UND. I always look forward to your new videos being released. I will be interviewing with Piedmont on February 3rd, and all your videos keep me looking forward to my career as a pilot. Keep 'em coming! :)

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Hi Swayne, I was just wondering, is it more/less beneficial to have a PPL before you apply for an airline pilot training course or is the price fixed regardless. Best wishes from Jack in the UK

[@torgeirbrandsnes1916]

Great vlog as always my man! How do you update an FMS? CD-ROM. This is all green to me.

[@Bartonovich52]

Depends on the system. Some use compact flash or SD cards. Some older ones used PC cards or dedicated laptop computers with data ports. The Proline 21 system in my plane uses USB and USB drives. No

[@AliBaba-vw7mo]

So the reason you enter destination and origin airport and flight number is to aid data link between FMS and dispatch? Or is it just for navigational purposes (LNAV etc)?

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Superb video!

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Keep going..best of luck👍👍

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ah, nice! The embraer fms keypad looks long lol

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Wow! Captain Joe must be proud of you

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Great post Swayne.

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Thank you!

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Great videos !!

[@Bartonovich52]

Most of my flying was done without these. Without anything more than a handheld GPS which was much more valuable than the WWII surplus ADF we also had. I scoured KZbin for a video on FMS and it came up pretty short at the time several years ago when I transitioned to a glass cockpit. Even how the scratchpad and line select buttons was difficult. But like almost anything we learn by doing. Videos like this really help as well.

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Loved that 737 max I saw keep up the great work

[@08turboSS]

Very light brief FMS over view.

[@SwayneMartinPilot]

08turboSS yep there’s a lot more of course!

[@sharko4093]

Beast of a video! I myself hold the Boeing FMS style you find on the 737 classic series or the 757, 767, 747-400 and all that as the best FMS. The Universal you guys use is pretty cool once you know how to use it though

[@Bartonovich52]

Yeah I’ve never heard anything good about the universal FMS from any of the guys I’ve flown with coming from Classic Dashes and older Beechcraft products. I love the Collins Proline series. It takes a lot of getting used to but once you know it it’s very good. It most closely represents the FMS on larger aircraft. Like the VNAV profiles. All the charted restriction on the STAR are already inputted... we just verify them during planning and approach briefing. The FMS will create a VNAV Path to cross all of the charted restrictions as smooth as possible.. and if we get an unrestricted descent we can do Vertical Direct which will plot a VNAV path at a constant descent angle to a hard altitude we’ve inputted at a fix. Of course the flip side of this is all these young kids who forget how to calculate a 3:1 descent or an appropriate descent rate to use when on vectors after an open STAR. Some try and use the ILS glide path to guide them.. which means 2000+ FPM on a 90 degree intercept trying to catch it.. then blowing through it and dragging it in at 2000 ft AAE on a 14 mile final.

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Did you make sure to put the new cover sheet on your TPS report?

[@lazuardiichsan3125]

2:09 hello, swayne. What apps are you using for efb and navigation? In a short moment i am going to apply for airlines, and most of my colleagues are using the same apps. Thanks What an amazing video as usual. Cheers

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He was flying to ABE in this video. Nice to see an example with our local airport.