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A319 captain experienced undocumented differences between a new FMGC program and the one he is familiar with.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 888186 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201005 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZAU.ARTCC |
| State Reference | IL |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | STAR WATSN |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | FMS/FMC |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 170 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 3800 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
We were flying the airbus with the new FMGC. As we approached watsn intersection; ATC cleared us after watsn to halie direct ord. After that was installed; instead of clearing the rest of the arrival; we selected 'no star' and inserted. When we did that; everything after watsn was deleted. We were able to reload the new clearance before reaching watsn; but the old box would have just cleared the remainder of the star and left the entered reroute. Either this is a software glitch; or it should be added to a bulletin update on the differences between the two boxes.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 Captain experienced undocumented differences between a new FMGC program and the one he is familiar with.
Narrative: We were flying the Airbus with the new FMGC. As we approached WATSN intersection; ATC cleared us after WATSN to HALIE direct ORD. After that was installed; instead of clearing the rest of the arrival; we selected 'No Star' and inserted. When we did that; everything after WATSN was deleted. We were able to reload the new clearance before reaching WATSN; but the old box would have just cleared the remainder of the star and left the entered reroute. Either this is a software glitch; or it should be added to a bulletin update on the differences between the two boxes.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.