PMDG 777 Tutorial 9: Cruise | Real Airline Pilot

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[@Danimalpm1]

And if you get bored in cruise between fuel and ALTN checks, you can click the button on the PMDG pens over and over. So nice of them to model those for us.

[@A330Driver]

lol

[@techtchr2012]

I got a good laugh out of what ETOPS stands for 😂. I’m an FA, made my day! Thanks for the great tutorials!

[@A330Driver]

You're welcome! Enjoy your next trip and, hopefully, good layover!

[@SULTavia]

Thx for tutorials!!

[@eyupkosif5563]

Many thanks for your time and effort on this series. I learnt lots of details from them

[@A330Driver]

Thank you!

[@hrzn]

I'm so happy I came across with this channel! There is so much additional information which is ultimately worth it. Thank you for the job!

[@hrzn]

I also have a question. What if wxr requests don't uplink? I've sent so many requests so PMDG servers should explode😂

[@A330Driver]

Thank you very much! To answer your question: The most common reasons for requests not coming through is if you have no inserted all uplinks on your FMC yet. Check the FMC COMM page to ensure any available uplink is indeed inserted. I've also seen some users who did not connect with the hoppie system yet and were therefore not able to receive weather.

[@hrzn]

@@A330Driver so, I'm the one who was not connected to the hoppie system XD. Now everything works. Thanks!

[@slava5322]

Informative 👍

[@CenturyMediaFilms]

😂 ...stands for engines turning or passenger swimming 🤣 made my day Emanuel! Danke für die tollen Tutorials und lg aus LOWW

[@A330Driver]

Gerne 😁

[@simpilotspud8296]

At 1:48 what is the FMC notification “ALTN LIST UPLINK”?

[@rogierhelmus3481]

Love the 77 tutorials, thanks! Where can I find the ebook you've mentioned in a couple of video's?

[@A330Driver]

Hi, once I'm finished writing it I'll post an announcement and will update all the video descriptions. You'll hear about it, once it's released, no worries :)

[@cerpogaming6746]

As usual, all the playlist is very interesting ! is it just me or the the playlist is in a strange order ? would be nice to have on top, down to latest video.

[@armandvzyl]

Was flying the 77W from EHAM to CYYC earlier. Just after Greenland I got a SATCOM and DATALINK LOST. Accoriding to the non standard checklist it was just temporary. Eventually the message went away, but I noticed I lost my RNP/ANP indicator and the white LNAV/VNAV indicators nest to AP. The navigation still went well and I landed safely. Is there anything to do after a SATCOM DATALINK LOST error?

[@gwalker3092]

Landed cancun fine just now 😊. will check my effort against the landing tutorial when it gets posted. Thx for all your efforts. I need get used to the PROG page. I have a few questions im too used to Airbus. Theres no way to enter a WPT in the PROG page?. You can see current/next/destination only?

[@A330Driver]

The FIX page is probably what comes closest to what you're looking for. Indeed, Boeing FMCs are quite different than Airbus ones.

[@osamaalutairi4057]

I’m really enjoying these videos and are my reference during my delivery flight KPAE-OMDB. THANK YOU! small question. Is stab trim 4.50 normal during cruise with 23% fuel at FL390?

[@A330Driver]

I really never watched the trim during curise - I'll pay attention on my next flight!

[@peterlazuric5641]

Would you do a systems check using the EICAS as well?

[@mic83hele]

Thanks for these tutorials, waiting for your next and I would like to see an ILS Autoland tutorial ( even if I think you will not use Autoland at the end of these tutorials 😶‍🌫 )

[@A330Driver]

You're welcome! I'll do an autoland tutorial in the future, though the first landing tutorial will be for manual landings.

[@mic83hele]

@@A330Driver many thanks, I imagined that and I will wait it in the next future!

[@darrenfinch7738]

I would like to see some example of flight diversion based on your 777 cruise tutorial. Thnks

[@A330Driver]

That's planned for a future video!

[@garrenvanderpool6804]

Good video. Can you do a tutorial series on the aerosoft crj?

[@A330Driver]

Check out this channel, he greatly inspired me for my 737 tutorials two years ago: www.youtube.com/@Flyer0245

[@mrcodbeast4718]

I know you pilots can't wear polarized sunglasses in the cockpit so I've always wondered if the sunshades are polarized?

[@A330Driver]

I never saw any of the characteristic effects of a polarized sunglass when I looked through a sunshade, so I guess the answer is no.

[@Thegamer12913]

Great video again Emanuel! Quick question though, let’s say you are flying oceanic and want/need to step climb, but since you don’t have ATC coverage, how would you initiate/ request that?

[@A330Driver]

Of course you have atc coverage over the Atlantic ;-)

[@aaviation330]

Great video as always, but I'm having an issue with the flight information uplink where I don't recieve any messages whether it was ATIS or TWIP request is this a known issue or it's just me?

[@A330Driver]

Did you enter your Hoppie code in the UFT settings?

[@aaviation330]

@@A330Driver That's what I was missing, works now perfectly

[@patricecerasoli6944]

Merci

[@pepsy7]

why the EICAS thrust ref is not showing CRZ in green but CLB?

[@A330Driver]

That's a company option. CRZ is no "real" limit though, it's a maintenance limit to protect the engines - but there have been accidents in the past because full thrust was not available.

[@B777JT]

The WX request is Not working for me

[@bonjour2712]

could you please to do a video about auto step climb？ Thanks very much😊

[@A330Driver]

Hi, that's part of my autocruise tutorial ;-)

[@bonjour2712]

@@A330Driver oh ok thx

[@rndm_person]

is there going to be a review of the fly by wire FMC v2 that just released?

[@A330Driver]

Yes - but for now it's 777 time!

[@rndm_person]

@@A330Driver sounds like a good plan

[@jmnmgebbie]

Just curious, I thought flight levels were even in one direction, and odd in the other. So is it valid to do step climbs in 1000 feet increments? Why wouldn’t they be in 2000 feet increments to maintain odd/evenness?

[@A330Driver]

Hi, over the Atlantic you can request any level since traffic flow is usually determined based on the time of the day and most traffic flows into the same direction. When the vast majority of traffic flows into the same direction, why not make the most economic use of all available flight levels?

[@MrMichael170978]

Unfortunately Twip Request doesn't work by me. Send button is blue instead of white

[@A330Driver]

Did you enter your hoppie code into the UFT settings?

[@MrMichael170978]

@@A330Driver No don't have any hoppie code

[@A330Driver]

@@MrMichael170978 Visit hoppie.nl to get one. And check the online manual for exactly how to insert it and how to use the COMM page afterwards.