Originally Posted by
aa73
Yes, it is. Why? Or are you going to launch into your typical “I hate everything AA, we’ve always done it this way” line?
I don’t have the experience of having flown for several prior airlines like many of you... only one regional prior to AA. After 20 years at AA I find the TPS system relatively easy to use. Especially compared to the whiz wheel I used to have to use to calculate CG at the regionals back in the day.
I’d love to know how much simpler other systems at other airlines are, and how it’s done.
Care to share your experiences too?
At Envoy, TPS prints out automatically with the closeout. If we want to change something, we can get the new TPS through ACARS and typically we get the new numbers in a few seconds. For intersection takeoffs, we always get the initial numbers for the shortest allowed intersection. That data is then valid for anything behind that point on that runway.
I've never waited for numbers for more than 5 seconds or so. It's a fully automatic system, even when you change flap settings, outside air temp, tailwind, runway and so on.