MD-11 Flight Crew Operations Manual
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Aircraft General -
Description and Operation
Agen.10.22
• Status messages in the alert list.
• Available, but not used, navigation data base items
Green is used to indicate validity. Green symbology includes:
• Track diamond.
• Autopilot/autothrottle land modes.
• Landing gear safe.
• Trend data.
• Weather radar precipitation less than 4 mm/hour.
• Active schematic line on the SD (except electrical).
Magenta signifies electronically generated or derived data. Magenta symbology
includes:
• Flight management system (FMS) selected values.
• Flight Director commands.
• Radio navigation data.
• Weather radar precipitation more than 50 mm/hour.
• Weather radar turbulence.
• Localizer and glideslope deviations.
Amber identifies conditions that require immediate crew awareness and possible
subsequent corrective action. Amber symbology includes:
• Failures.
• Cautions.
• Abnormal sources.
• GPWS/EGPWS.
• Weather radar precipitation 4 to 12 mm/hour.
• System abnormal conditions.
Red identifies conditions that require immediate crew action or impose consistent
limitation on the aircraft. Red symbology includes:
• Warnings.
• Autopilot/autothrottle disconnect and failures.
• VMO/MMO and stickshaker speeds.
• High or low airspeed limits.
• Pitch and roll limits (when exceeded).
• Engine limits and exceedances.
• Landing gear not safe.
• Weather radar precipitation 12 to 50 mm/hour.
•EGPWS.
Gray (half intensity white) is used for scale shading.
October 02, 2006