29. Navigation Display (ND)/ Systems Display (SD) (Indicating/Recording Systems)

Question 1

What colors are used to represent the various displayed flight plans?

Answer 1

• Active – continuous green line

• Secondary – continuous white line

• Temporary – dashed yellow line

• Alternate – dashed blue line

• Missed approach – continuous blue line

• Flight Plan Capture – continuous green with intercept path computed

• Data base EOSID – continuous yellow line

Question 2

“Top of Descent” and “Continue Descent” arrows are displayed in blue or white. What is the difference?

Answer 2

• Top of Descent – Always white (never armed)

• Continue Descent – Blue indicates armed, white indicates NOT armed

Question 3

What color does each altitude constraint circle represent?

Answer 3

• White – constraint is not taken into account

• Magenta – constraint is predicted to be satisfied

• Amber – constraint is predicted to be missed

Question 4

When is a STATUS page displayed?

Answer 4

• After a failure is displayed on the SD and all failure items have been cleared

• Display will reappear when the slats are extended