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[Chuck_B 2]

Every single time I fly the Wilco 737s, I get the above FMC message soon after starting my descent. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong and how to correct this in my flight planning? As it's a long holiday weekend and I doubt I can get any assistance from their forums, and this has been going on for a while now I was wondering if anyone here would tell me. I've done a search here and on GOOGLE and can't quite make out how it applies or how to fix it in the addon A/C I'm flying.This is the only A/C I ever see this in.Thank you in advance folks!

[scoob 18]

As it's a long holiday weekend and I doubt I can get any assistance from their forums,

long weekend? my boss (not feelThere, but the job the in theory 'pays the bills') didn't give me the weekend off ... and, most of 'feelThere' resides in europe so 'thanksgiving day' isn't such a 'thing'.

... and this has been going on for a while now ...

did you post this question on the support forum and not get an answer? i don't remember seeing such a Q on the forum? (http://forum.iemit.com)

Every single time I fly the Wilco 737s, I get the above FMC message soon after starting my descent. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong and how to correct this in my flight planning?

do you have a landing runway designated? until a landing runway is set descent mode isn't available.the old support forum is very helpful. full of years of information -http://iemit.com/forum(closed to new posting, can be searched)new support forum -http://forum.iemit.comregistration required--

[Chuck_B 2]

Scoob:Do you know the answer? Or is it a *secret*? :( All your answers are correct, and I hadn't thought about (or done a lot of research) as to where Wilco is located. I suspect this isn't a support issues at all but more of a general FlightSim/Aviation question.Anybody else know what this FMC Message is about?Again, thank you in advance for any help.

[scoob 18]

Do you know the answer? Or is it a *secret*?

isn't my answer clear? i state once again ... do you have a landing runway designated? until a landing runway is set descent mode isn't available.

I hadn't thought about ... as to where Wilco is located.

feelThere IS NOT wilco ... and wilco is located in europe.--

[Geddy_2112 8]

Is it possible you have a flight discontinuity between your final fix of the route and the first fix of the STAR?

[Chuck_B 2]

Is it possible you have a flight discontinuity between your final fix of the route and the first fix of the STAR?

No, no discontinuities . . . It's possible that it's because I haven't selected my runway in the FMC yet, as RC or PFE hasn't assigned it yet. As I said, I've never seen this message on my PMDGs, PSS, Level-D, or any of the other aircraft I own. Wow, I guess this isn't all that common an event--I thought it was terminology that was unique to the older 737s and everybody BUT me knew what it meant. I still feel as though it's got to be something procedurally that I'm doing wrong. I've spent at least 3 hours researching this on the web and in the appropriate forums but until now haven't been able to decifer what I was being told.

[Geddy_2112 8]

Possible as I always have my STAR and RWY assigned before I hit the T/D.So I've never seen it.

[mackintosh 0]

Notwithstanding the above, I did see these messages in the PMDG 737, they mostly showed up (along with a VNAV disconnect) whenever the autopilot deemed it impossible to meet a given speed/altitude constraint (as entered in the FMC). I don't recall seing it in the FT 737 (maybe I've just forgotten about it), do check your alt/speed constraints though.