ACARS etiquette and you
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thewaffles
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Just wait until you master the art of ascii images.
DogwoodLynx
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Never sent an ACARS as a DX as Silver didn’t (and still doesn’t?) have it in the Saabs.
We (Ops) can send ACARS while the plane is at the gate but we can’t receive which is too bad sometimes because it would cut down on radio traffic.
We (Ops) can send ACARS while the plane is at the gate but we can’t receive which is too bad sometimes because it would cut down on radio traffic.
WMostellar
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I notice you didn't use any exclamation points in this!
BigZ
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Says the same guy that got #triggered by "What do you want" ACARS from dispatch Q Q Q
Der_Meister
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When I ask questions I rock a .Q. "....." .Q. it's like acars spanish.
Hmm. Sounds like an Atlanta regional carrier...
who'swho
Don't hesitate. Penetrate!
You have excellent deduction skills
JPilot9
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Why?
Mainline_or_bust
Airplanes fly on PFM, Change my mind
A confused Captain is a happy Captain...?
I don’t know, but I do know when appropriate I ACARS things blaming the FO(s). I have never gotten a negative response. Last time it was a request for B044 Redispatch 3 hours from the RDP, I questioned “who let the FO play with the ACARS?” And kindly reminded them they needed to wait.
:stir:
TN-DX
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Do they not show up on your boxes? They show up on ours but only half of the boxes in the cockpit have the ability to send them back.
Stone Cold
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You also have the reverse of that...had a B044 and we were 50 miles from the redispatch point before we received our R/R. It was 2 of us FO's up front, and we kept messaging the dispatcher.
Our last message was if we don't hear from you by our point, we're going to end up in London instead of Germany. He/she (not sure who it was) finally sends us our R/R. The captain had come up already after his break as we finally received our info. Needless to say, her had words with the dispatcher afterwards.
In the Airbus, we don’t have the touch screens so the only characters we have available are the ones that are on the MCDU (FMS) keypad.
”THANKS FOR THE HELP WITH THE ROUTING AROUND THE WEATHER”
”ARE YOU BEING SARCASTIC?”
”NO, JUST SAYING THANKS”
(actual exchange)
Luigi
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Seems that they were feeling a bit self conscious.
I can see that. My coworkers on either side of the ACARS curtain can be a little more patient and less assuming of one another.
Mainline_or_bust
Airplanes fly on PFM, Change my mind
You guys just need to get that ACARS update to ping your dispatcher. I think it’s in one of your recent bulletins.
autosave36
Go High Go Fast and Hold.
I like the term "Loose but professional"
Addressing them with "Hey Captain/skipper/Cap" and then "showing WX crossing planned route in approx 200 miles (at point xyz) recommend deviating to points ABC, Then DEF, then as filed"... Now if it's Saturday evening, and they're one of 2 aircraft I have up and it's just clear and a billion they might get a joke acars or something to keep the mood light. (I'm a big fan of the George Carlin "Hippy Dippy Weatherman" brief where I tell them the forecast for this evening is Dark with continued dark through the night, turning partly light by the morning)
Addressing them with "Hey Captain/skipper/Cap" and then "showing WX crossing planned route in approx 200 miles (at point xyz) recommend deviating to points ABC, Then DEF, then as filed"... Now if it's Saturday evening, and they're one of 2 aircraft I have up and it's just clear and a billion they might get a joke acars or something to keep the mood light. (I'm a big fan of the George Carlin "Hippy Dippy Weatherman" brief where I tell them the forecast for this evening is Dark with continued dark through the night, turning partly light by the morning)