Originally Posted by
buzzpat
It's VSD, or Vertical Situation Display. It provides vertical awareness along with terrain. It's great in mountainous areas and on RNAV arrivals with a lot of crossing points and restrictions. Think the LAX arrivals for example. It's pretty awesome. A lot of guys don't use it though.
Very cool, I've seen it from the jumpseat. Youse guys are also getting the new Rockwell Collins Multiscan Threattrack radar in the -900's and it will be retrofitted onto all the 737's. It's pretty incredible technology, a huge advance from the 1980's radar the rest of us are using (except 777). I'd be curious to know if it works as advertised, has anyone seen it yet?