Cockpit scenes filmed under Part 91 with permission from Envoy Air, Inc… Airline pilots use the FMS, or Flight Management System, almost as much as the autopilot or flight controls. If you're a student pilot or flight instructor, you've probably never used one before, and it's one of the most important things you'll learn as you get started. The FMS is used for anything from programming routes, messaging dispatch, and printing weather reports, to calculating fuel and managing crossing altitudes.

While in some cases we are legal to fly without even a single operating FMS, that's highly unusual and the FMS remains one of the most important resources we have in the flight deck.

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Youtube Video Chapters:
0:00 What Is An FMS?
1:00 Setting Up The FMS
1:48 Using The FMS Before Pushback
3:12 Climb: Fuel Progress Report Received
3:54 Enroute FMS Use
4:34 Arrivals Using The FMS
5:06 Ask Your Crew For Tips And Tricks

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