I am sorry for waking up a really old thread, but I have a generic question about flight planning in PFPX without CI options. So, I am planning for the FlightFactor A350-900 which doesn't have CI data. I can only choose between M.83-.85 and LRC. My question is, how does that relate to the CI I put into the FMC?
I read somewhere that the plan will overrule any CI value that I put in, but I am wondering. How does the FMC know what I planned regarding climb, cruise and descend.
Say for instance that I plan a flight using PFPX and then manually put in all the waypoints into the FMC. Then the FMC doesn't know anything about the numbers I got from PFPX. I would assume then that my climb, cruise and descend would be controlled exclusively by the CI? Or am I missing someting vital here?
Sincerely,
Michael