EWR DCL Flight TestsCapt Gregg Kastman

MD-11 Flt Trng Sup

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EWR DCL Flight Tests

- 6 Flights conducted 16 May – 6 Jun 13

- MD-11, Flight 1083, EWR-SDF, 0220z dept (2220L)

- Telecon during ground ops

- EWR Tower

- UPS Ops

- FAA Data Comm Team

- Flight Crew

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Flight 1, 16 May

Noteworthy Events-Logon successful

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Flight 1, 16 May

Noteworthy Events-Logon successful

-Initial Clearance, CAF

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Flight 1, 16 May

Noteworthy Events-Logon successful

-Initial Clearance, CAF

-During Taxi, Revised Dept Freq

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Flight 1, 16 May

Noteworthy Events-Logon successful

-Initial Clearance, CAF

-During Taxi, Revised Dept Freq

-Airborne, auto log-off 15 min after T/O

- At Cruise Flt, FL380

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Flight 2, 22 May

Noteworthy Events-Initial Clearance, CAF

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Flight 2, 22 May

Noteworthy Events-Initial Clearance, CAF

-During Taxi, Revised Route (UM79)

- AIR waypoint listed twice

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Flight 2, 22 May

Noteworthy Events-Initial Clearance, CAF

-During Taxi, Revised Route (UM79)

- AIR waypoint listed twice

-Airborne, ATC logoff 5 min after T/O – no problems

-No problems on FMC or ND approaching waypoints

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Flight 3, 24 May

Noteworthy Events-Logon REJECTED

- Multiple flight plans filed

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Flight 3, 24 May

Noteworthy Events-Logon REJECTED

-Initial Clearance, UM79

- No duplicate waypoints

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Flight 3, 24 May

Noteworthy Events-Logon REJECTED

-Initial Clearance, UM79

-During Taxi, ATC unable to send UM80

- Possible glitch in ARTCC rte build

- Revised Rte clnc via voice

-Airborne, auto log-off 5 min after T/O

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Flight 4, 29 May

Noteworthy Events-Initial Clearance, CAF

-During Taxi, Revised Rte (UM80)

- Scratchpad message

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Flight 5, 5 June

Noteworthy Events-Unable to receive DCL

- Simultaneous message on both DSP

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Flight 6, 6 June

Noteworthy Events-Logon successful

-ATC unable to send DCL

- DTAP reset after flight plan filed

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General Observations

DCL has outstanding potential

Positives- Route uplinks should reduce pilot errors

- Reduce voice requirements

Challenges- Flight crew learning curve

- Flight crew workload during taxi

- Still requires verification and reload RWY, SID, T/O data

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