Frankie_B

How did you program the course from a fix? Also, is there a possibility that the fix had a FLY OVER condition on it, perhaps as part of SID/STAR coding.

I understand that, but I feel that in 150 hrs (@ 15x multiplier), more stuff should have gone bad than the bleed valves. Otherwise, the bleed valves must be a real headache on the 777...

I've been flying the 77W since the day it came out. Loving every minute of it. I had service based failures enabled since day 1 hoping that it would make me get to know the MEL quite well. I have since accumulated around 150 hrs across the 4 aircraft that I fly. I have to say that I seem to be getting the same old failures over and over again, mostly the bleed system (APU BLEED VALVE, HP SOV valves, etc) and an occasional NOSE WHEEL BALANCE problem. That's good, but it gets old after a while. What I actually started doing is programming 2 random failures per 10 hrs - this gives you more variety as any failure seems to be a possibility, bringing things like electric bus overheats, hydraulic overheats, window heat failures etc - great stuff to keep you alert and thinking. My question is whether the Service Based Failures were programmed to be rather limited, or should I be getting a little more variety than the BLEED problems?

On the NGX, I'm used to calling "set VREF plus 5". On the 777, the command seems to be recognized, but the PNF always gives me a hard time: "Are you sure about that?". That happens in landing configuration, meaning VREF + 5 wouldn't be below the amber tape. Just wondering if it's a glitch.