Request to change the runway, Arrival and/or approach

[vinsounet 0]

Hello,
It seems to me that during a previous update, an option in the speech assistant window was added to ask to change the runway, approach and / or arrival.
I just made a flight to Nantres (LFRS) where P2ATC gave me an NDB approach for runway 03. I wanted to ask ATC for a change of approach (RNav instead of NDB).
I never had the opportunity in the speech assistant window to make my change request.
Is this normal? In order to be able to request a change, do you first have to modify the flight plan?
Could you help me and remind me of the procedure to request a change of arrival or runway or approach?
Thank you.

Regards.

Vincent

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 870]

Vincent,

The missing request in SayIt is a bug and will be fixed in the next update.

You can request it verbally in the current version with something like: "<CallSign> request arrival runway 32 left."

If you've already been given the expected approach, you might better just ask for a different approach to the desired runway like: "<CallSign> request vectors to the ILS for runway 32 Left"

Dave

[vinsounet 0]

Hello Dave,
Thank you for your answer. I am very happy that the subject is covered for the next update.
Thank you for your work.

Regards.

Vincent

[Mike S KPDX 597]

I had this happen just yesterday, flightplan was completed but winds changed during the last part of the STAR.  I used the expanded text sayit dialog to ask for 'visual app straight into 01', but I only got the reply for (and vectors for) the reciprocal runway.  So I paused and then rebuilt the flight plan.

[vinsounet 0]

Hello,
the option for changing the SID and / or STAR and / or approach procedure has been added in the last update, thank you.
But I saw a problem, it is that for the options to change the approach there are sentences for the departures.
Maybe the problem has already been reported?

Thank you.

Regards.

Vincent

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 870]

Sorry, but it's unclear what you are trying to do and what the problem is.

Please give more details.

Dave

[vinsounet 0]

Ok Dave, I'll try to be more understandable

Before to the last update, it was not possible to request a runway, departure, arrival or approach change.
Since the last update, it is possible to request changes.    => It's OK But:

If I want to change the runway, approach or arrival, the choices offered by Speech assistant are departures and not arrival choices.
In Speech Assistant I have:

Request => Arrival runway request
<CallSign> request departure runway <runway>

 

Is my question more understandable?

Vincent

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 870]

Yes.  Thanks for the additional detail.  I'll have to check it out and fix it for the next update.

Dave

[vinsounet 0]

Thank you Dave.

Vincent

[John_Clarke 4]

Another way I found to correct this was to say:

[CALLSIGN] at flight level [xxx] request [ILS/RNAV etc.] approach to runway [xxx]

Found this better to get the correct STAR to the requested approach.