Originally Posted by
aTomatoFlames
FIRST OFFICERS! Please learn how to "PROPERLY" initialize the airplane. Every god damn airplane I've picked up from another crew has had the flight number locked in.
NEVER type in the flight number into L1 on the initialization page, unless the last f#!€ing crew already locked it in.
It's easy! You get into the airplane, first go to the route page and change the flight number (you don't have to wait for the CA to do this, just do it yourself!) THEN INITIALIZE after the L1 line changes automatically.
I didn't apply to this airline to call clearance.
No, in my experience, thats not what makes the ACARS 'latch' to a flight number. Even if you follow your procedure, the ACARS will latch on the third leg flight number. If you're lucky enough to get an airplane all day, and do 4+ legs, you'll find after the third leg it will latch. Now, that said, I've noticed that some planes are getting new software (in-range gate info will send/recieve twice, another bug) and I'm not sure what that new software does to my 3 leg theory. The work around that I have used with success as an FO was... on leg three, after you land, BEFORE you block in, change the RTE page flight# to your next flight# (I always did it after starting the APU). It will not latch to the third leg #. But now you have to do this for every leg from now on. Or just shut down/restart the plane and get another 3 legs of ACARS PDC glory
