737 Flight Crew Operations Manual
Flight Management, Navigation -
FMC Descent and Approach
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Descent Page (During Cruise)
The descent page is used to monitor, revise, or select the descent path. Descent
modes are economy (ECON) path or speed and manual path or speed. The default
VNAV descent mode is ECON PATH. The crew must select a manual speed
descent mode.
The page title reflects the VNAV descent mode. The path mode controls descent
to fly a vertical path which complies with altitude and speed restrictions in the
flight plan. The speed mode controls descent at a fixed speed and complies with
altitude and speed restrictions in the flight plan.
1 Page Title
The page title identifies the selected mode. When a manual speed is selected, the
title includes XXXKT for fixed CAS or M.XXX for fixed Mach selections.
Displays ACT when the descent phase is active.
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September 24, 2015