I have a question regarding the action taken when having an engine fire. I should disconnect the autothrottle and manually control the power, but only the one throttle lever that is associated with the working engine. Now in order to do this I would have to select it with the "E + 1(2)" key combination depending on which engine is working. This is generally a pain so I was wondering if it matters if I don't do this and just control both levers.

Mikkel,It all boils down to what level of authenticity you are reaching for. For the sim it doesn't matter if you use both levers. For the real thang, I really don't know. Have to get some reply from the real drivers lurking around. Anyway, you have the shut off valve closed for the main fuel line. So shouldn't be a problem.Hope it helps,

Right...okay thanks....I just remembered. Is there a way to make the random fire setting not display when it's going to fail?

No real pilot here, just some thoughts.In a number of situations the Engine Overheat warning will go off at temperatures lower than those that trigger the Engine Fire alarm. The pilot response is to throttle back the affected engine in the hope that the overheat situation will go away.When a engine fire warning goes off you

I'm not in doubt on how to extinguish the fire, and I believe that when I pull the fire extinguisher it doesn't automatically close all the valves as you say. This I have to do myself, atleast according to the AOM I have.I believe that you may be correct in that it's just some sort of visual cue, but I have no idea.

Hi Mikkel. Just to clarify I think you misunderstand valves for switches and levers. The valves that are shutoff when one pulls the fire warning switch are the actual valves in the fuel, hydrualic and bleed air lines. Just as you say, the pilots also move the levers and switches in the cockpit.

Right, okay thanks for the clarification. :)

In relation to this engine fire. I tried to make it so that I would have an engine fire during climb. When I got it, and put it out, I switched to the FMC and selected the "ENG OUT" LSK, and clicked on the "LT ENG OUT" LSK, as it was the left engine that caught on fire. This put the plane into an engine out climb...no problem. I then switched to the departure and arrival page to change my arrival to another airport to land at. When I looked at the climb page again, it didn't show an indication that I was in an engine out climb, it showed the regular climb page...is it not supposed to keep showing that it's doing an engine out climb?...I might not have explained it very well, so feel free to ask. :)

I hate to bump my own thread, but I would really like an answer from someone on the above question.

Mikkel,I don't think the EO page is anything else than an advisory page. Based on that information you have to manually enter the max altitude and eng out speed on the appropriate page. Hope it helps,

Ahh, okay, makes sense. It doesn't seem like it does anything, I don't need to press the "EXEC" button like I have to when I change something else in the FMC. Perhaps this will change if they decide to upgrade the 737 FMC...here's to hoping. :)

It will not change as long as it reflects the real thing. And it does! The information I gave above was from B. Bulfer's magnificent FMC guide and reflects the reality. ;-)Cheers,

Oh, I didn't know that. I guess it's different from the 767 FMC then, because I did see in the new PICv2 FMC that you can actually activate a eng out situation in the there.