787 Flight Crew Operations Manual
DO NOT USE FOR FLIGHT
Flight Management, Navigation -
Company Datalink
Copyright © The Boeing Company. See title page for details.
D615Z003-TBC 11.34.9
FMC Datalink Uplinks (Automatic)
FLT NO and ALTN LIST data can be automatically uplinked and loaded. FLT NO
automatically loads into the RTE 1/x page without flight crew action. The list of
20 alternates automatically loads into the ALTN LIST page without flight crew
action.
The CDU help window messages FLIGHT NUMBER UPLINK or ALTERNATE
LIST UPLINK stay in the CDU help window until the applicable CDU page is
selected.
Datalink Management
The flight crew should monitor system status of FMC datalink. This is
accomplished on various CDU pages or on the FMC COMM page. Changes to
datalink system operating modes are accomplished with the COMM function on
the display select panel or multifunction keypad.
ALTERNATE AIRPORT LIST
1 TOTAL
ALTERNATE LIST UPLINK
MESSAGES
FLIGHT NUMBER LOADED
1 TOTAL
FLIGHT NUMBER UPLINK
MESSAGES
ON
RTE
PAGE 1
READY TO
CONFIRM
ON
ALTN
PAGE 2/X
CLR
MSG
CLR
MSG
June 16, 2008