Hello guys, I revisited the tutorial earlier and pleased to say it went perfectly. I now have 6 valid and well rehearsed flight plans that all fly to "the book". I am not sure what mistakes I made on the initial attempts but clearly there must have been some. Like a lot of things I guess it is all down to attention to detail. I appreciate all the responses here and in the time it took to learn to fly this plane my kids grew up and left home.... ( nothing about that in the FMC! ) I have to say this sim for MD11 is pretty remarkable considering I paid just under £40 for it so captains hat off to the PMDG staff for giving us such an excellent worthwhile experience for the money and thanks to them for their help on these boards not just with this but the other planes as well. You guys deserve a beer! Cheers John.

Hello guys, I revisited the tutorial earlier and pleased to say it went perfectly. I now have 6 valid and well rehearsed flight plans that all fly to "the book". I am not sure what mistakes I made on the initial attempts but clearly there must have been some. Like a lot of things I guess it is all down to attention to detail. I appreciate all the responses here and in the time it took to learn to fly this plane my kids grew up and left home.... ( nothing about that in the FMC! ) I have to say this sim for MD11 is pretty remarkable considering I paid just under £40 for it so captains hat off to the PMDG staff for giving us such an excellent worthwhile experience for the money and thanks to them for their help on these boards not just with this but the other planes as well. You guys deserve a beer! Cheers John.

Glad to here you got it sorted and that i am not the only one who doesn't get it right first time.Regards,

Hi John, Glad to hear that you're reaping the rewards of the effort you have put in.