QNH1013 From Belgium, joined May 2001, 104 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (10 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 1489 times:
These are the times the pilots calculated to arrive at sudden waypoints. The last one is ETA=Estimated Time of Arrival, the time at which they calculated to arrive at the airport.
Junior From Switzerland, joined Apr 2001, 43 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (10 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1472 times:
I rather think that this looks like the crew rest planning. All calculations for any waypoints are normally done on the OFP which is on the glareshield.
XFSUgimpLB41X From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 3695 posts, RR: 36 Reply 5, posted (10 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1446 times:
That defintiely looks like a crew responsibility planning for different portions of the leg.
A waypoint/ fuel/time planning sheet is much more detailed, is several pages, and is a computer printout with expected values and blanks for actual values.
CX flyboy From Hong Kong, joined Dec 1999, 6129 posts, RR: 57 Reply 7, posted (10 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 1419 times:
It is definately a crew rest plan. This is a fairly important part of the operation! It is worked out fairly quickly after take-off, or even before, to ensure that everyone can have the maximum rest they can have. All official paperwork comes typed up properly and would not be handwritten like that.
Sometimes crew may write little reminder notes to themselves, e.g when to switch frequency, or a critical point/equal time point when flying over remote areas or oceans. This may go near the thrust levers or on the flight plan clipboard, where it can be easily seen.
Junior From Switzerland, joined Apr 2001, 43 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (10 years 10 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1406 times:
Marrty, about the 2 red and the wite little ball, it's a visual aid to find the correct seat position. It's important that your eyes are always at the same position when seated in the cockpit, in order to get the same visual reference (mainly for landing).
The system is easy but efficient. The three balls form a triange, the white one pointing towards the nose of the A/C, the red ones towards the pilots seats. Your position is correct, when you're in line with 'your' red ball and the white one, that means, when your red ball covers the white one.
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