Cruising on VNAV at FL330, ATC clears you to descent now to 16000. What's the easiest way?Just encountered this with RCv3 and was a bit puzzled as to how a pro would handle it.Thanks,Florian

I would dial 16000 into the MCP and select FLCH. Nate S.

Alternatively, you can enter the new altitude in its windows and go to the Descend page on FMC and press the "Descend now" key.A frien that is a real 767 pilot tell me that this is the usual action on an FMC controlled descend.At the same moment that the FMC announces "Reset MCP altitude", he press the "Descend Now" key.Regards,Jose M. BarruezoSpainhttp://ftp.avsim.com/dcforum/User_files/3de1357e7af53983.jpg

There are also some airlines that use the 'Descend Now' function 10 nm before T/D to prevent rapid cooling of the engines.Best Regards,