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[SUGGESTION] - Upon loading the flight plan via the EFB, also load the climb, cruise and descent winds. #1382

Open JeffRichard1958 opened 5 months ago

JeffRichard1958 commented 5 months ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Upon loading the flight plan via the EFB, also load the climb, cruise and descent winds.

Describe the solution you'd like

Upon loading the flight plan via the EFB, also load the climb, cruise and descent winds. On long haul flights, the EFOB at destination will always be wildly off if the individual waypoint winds are not loaded into page 2 of the FMS FPLN page. This lead to "LNG Weight Overweight" or Insufficient Fuel" FMS scratchpad messages as well as wildly errant PROG page EFOB at destination calculations. Long haul flights absolutely need winds at each waypoint to get an accurate prediction.

Describe alternatives you've considered

I've considered the automatic feature, executed from the EFB, but the manual method currently does not work. ie., if you go the NEXT PAGE of the FMS FPLN, and attempt to enter winds at each altitude and point, it will clear your previous entries, thereby inabling your ability to manually enter the correct winds.

Additional context

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AllanBurek commented 5 months ago

On our aircraft, cruise and descent winds are uplinked through ACARS. Climb is a manual entry.

brunots100 commented 3 months ago

How do I import winds through Acars?