Originally Posted by
johnso29
At times you will be frustrated with the Airbus FMS/MCDU. For instance, if you load the Palace5 in the box for DTW & are told to intercept the airway (rather then go direct DUNKS) then you have to insert SVM, because the MCDU must always have a TO & FROM point...or an anchor point.
Also, you can't line select things into the scratch pad. Overall, it's a comfortable airplane, but it'll keep you on your toes.
You can line select some things into the scratch pad, just not anything off the FPLAN page. You can line select useless things like the UTC time...
On the A330 its still Pegasus so you also get to deal with Page Update in Progress and hitting CLR key once too many times and not noticing its still in the scratch pad.
There is no Execute key. No separate button for LNAV or VNAV or FLCH. You fly on a green line and Magenta is a time/altitude/speed constraint.
No bank angle limiter for the autopilot and no slipping for xwind landing.