ROTATE MD-80 CHECKLIST – Sky Code Prototyping

FLIGHT‐PREP

CHECK X‐PLANE / JOYSTICK CALIBRATED
CHECK JOYSTICK PROFILE MD-80
Check ON Parking Brake
booklet ‐ Enter Trip DATA
booklet ‐ Start Load FUEL
booklet ‐ Open CARGO DOORS
booklet ‐ Open CARGO DOORS
booklet ‐ Open CARGO DOORS
booklet ‐ Start Load CARGO
booklet ‐ Deploy FWD STAIR
booklet ‐ Open FWD DOOR
booklet ‐ Open AFT DOOR
booklet ‐ Board PAX
booklet ‐ Expedite PAX and CARGO
booklet ‐ Close

FLIGHT MANAGEMENT COMPUTER

Switch ON BATT and LOCKED
Switch ON ENG ‐ START PUMP
Switch and Hold APU ‐ RUN‐START
Monitor APU RPM and EGT Raise
Wait APU PWR AVAIL Light to Illuminate
Switch ON APU L BUS
Verify APU L BUS Light Illuminates
Switch ON APU R BUS
Verify APU R BUS Light Illuminates
Switch ON APU – AIR
Set Left Knob NAV IRS MODE SELECT
Set Right Knob NAV IRS MODE SELECT
Set Brightness FMC
Check NAV DATA CYCLE
Select POS INIT Function Key
Set REF AIRPORT (Hold CLR, e.g. LESO)
Enter IRS POSITION By Copying R2 to R4
Push MENU
Select POS
Select ROUTE
Enter CO ROUTE [LESOLEMD] (Text File)
Enter DEST (e,g. LEMD)
Enter FLT NO. (e.g. 1234)
Enter RUNWAY (e.g. 04)
Select ACTIVATE
Push EXEC
Enter WAYPOINTS (see ROUTE)
Push EXEC
Push DEP ARR ‐ DEPARTURE
Select DEP
Select Airfield DEPARTURE (e.g. LESO → PPN1B)
Verify RUNWAY
Push EXEC
Push DEP ARR ‐ ARRIVAL
Select Airfield ARRIVAL (e.g. LEMD → BANE3B)
Select Airfield APPROACH (e.g. LEMD → I18LY)
Select Eventually APP TRANS (e.g. LEMD ‐ LULER)
Push EXEC
Push MENU
Select PERF (Check booklet ‐ Aircraft Loaded)
Enter Values
Push EXEC
Push MENU
Select TAKEOFF
Enter Values
Push EXEC
Push MENU
Select APPROACH
Enter and Check Values
Push EXEC
Push LEGS
Edit Speed/Altitude IF Needed and Push EXEC
Set ND to PLN Range 10
Select STEP
Push PROG
Set ND to MAP Range 40
Push NAID
Push APRT
Push DATA

Panel → Overhead :

Switch ON APU ‐ AIR
Set COCKPIT FLOOD Light
Set OVHD CONSOLE LTS
Switch ON GALLEY
Switch OFF ENG ‐START PUMP
Switch ON at Least One: FUEL TANKS ‐ RIGHT ‐ AFT PUMPS
Switch ARM EMER LTS
Switch ON NO SMOK
Switch ON SEAT BELTS
Rotate Knob ICE PROTECT ‐ METER SEL HEAT
Check RAT PROBE must read 0 AMPS
Rotate to ALL and Back to CAPT ‐ ICE PROTECT ‐ METER SEL HEAT
Switch ON ICE PROTECT ‐ WINDSHIELD ‐ ANTI FOG
Switch ON ICE PROTECT ‐ WINDSHIELD ‐ ANTI ICE
Check Selector CADC NORM
Check Selector FD NORM
Check Selector AHRS NORM
Push TEST ‐ COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER ‐GREEN
Check Selector EFIS NORM
Check Selector ‐ RADIO NAV ‐ NORM
Check Selector ‐ ENG SYNC ‐ OFF
Switch NORM ‐ GND PROX TEST
Switch WNDSH TEST TEST
Verify ON ELEC PWR ‐ L GEN
Verify ON ELEC PWR ‐ R GEN
Select and Check ELEC PWR ‐ APU, EXT PWR, L, R, BATT VOLT, BATT AMP
Check Left Knob NAV IRS MODE SELECT
Check Right Knob NAV IRS MODE SELECT
Switch STALL TEST SYS 1 and SYS 2
Switch MAX SPD WARN TEST SYS 1 and SYS 2
Switch ON LOGO LT
Switch ON YAW DEMP
Turn Knob AIR CONDITIONING -TEMP SEL – CABIN
Switch FAN RADIO RACK
Switches ‐ HP BLD OFF ‐ AIR CONDITIONING – SUPPLY
Select LDG ALT per 100 FT
Select LDG BARO InHG
Press ANNUN/DIGITAL LTS TEST

Panel → Pedestal :

Set the COM / ADF Radios / TRANSPONDER – TCAS/ATC
Set STBY ‐ TCAS/ATC
Open Both PNEU X‐FEED VALVE

Panel → Glare :

Switch OFF MASTER CAUTION
Switch ON FD
Set VHF NAV Radio
Set NAV Course
Push EPR LIM Button
Set SPD|MACH (250 Knots or V2 + 10)
Check OFF AUTO THROT
Set RWY TRACK
Set HDG Bank Angle
Check OFF AP
Set Departure Cleared Altitude ALT
Pull ALT Knob to ARM
Switch ON‐BOTH POS/STROBE

Panel → Main :

Set Brightness PFD and ND
Set Altimeter to Airfield value
Push FUEL USED RESET
Push Simultaneously LOOPS A TEST and LOOP B TEST Buttons
Verify FIRE/AURAL and LIGHTS/MESSAGES
Push TEST on the Thrust Rating Panel (TRP)
Select T.O. from the Thrust Rating Panel (TRP)
Select A and Push TEST ‐ FUEL QTY
Select B and Push TEST ‐ FUEL QTY
Push and Rotate ZFW ‐ FUEL QTY ‐Value (see booklet)

Panel → Hydraulics :

Switch LOW (ON) ENG 1 and 2 ‐ HYD PUMPS
Switch ON TRANS
Switch ON AUX
Push BRAKE TEMP TEST

Panel → FMC :

FMC SET and CHECK PERF, TAKEOFF, APPROACH, ROUTE

Panel → Booklet :

booklet ‐ Close ALL Open DOORS and Retract FWD STAIR

ENGINE START

Check ON Parking Brake
Switch ON ANTI COLLISION Lights
Switch ON WING LTS
Set XPDR ‐ TCAS/ATC
Check IDLE THROTTLE LEVERS
Switch OFF GALLEY
Set ON FUEL TANK PUMPS
Set OFF AIR CONDITIONING ‐ SUPPLY Switches
Verify PNEU PRESS Indicates 40 – ENG
Request Push Back if Applicable
Set SYS A ‐ ENG
Open RIGHT GUARD ‐ ENG ‐ START
Switch ON RIGHT ENGINE ON ‐ ENG
Check R START VALVE OPEN on Annunciator Panel
Check RIGHT Rotation N2
Check N2 Between 20% ‐ 22%
Move up RIGHT FUEL LEVER CUTOFF to ON
Observe FUEL FLOW Indication and EGT Rise
Monitor EGT until N2 is Stabilized at or Above 50%
Switch OFF RIGHT ENGINE OFF ‐ ENG
Close RIGHT GUARD ‐ ENG ‐ START
Open LEFT GUARD ‐ ENG ‐ START
Switch ON LEFT ENGINE ON ‐ ENG
Check L START VALVE OPEN on Annunciator Panel
Check LEFT Rotation N2
Check N2 Between 20% ‐ 22%
Move up LEFT FUEL LEVER CUTOFF to ON
Observe FUEL FLOW Indication and EGT Rise
Monitor EGT until N2 is Stabilized at or Above 50%
Switch OFF LEFT ENGINE ‐ ENG ‐ START
Close LEFT GUARD ‐ ENG ‐ START
Set SYS A OFF ‐ ENG
Switches ‐ AUTO ‐ AIR CONDITIONING – SUPPLY
Switch OFF APU ‐ AIR
Verify APU L BUS and R BUS Light Istinguishes
Switch ON GALLEY
Operate ON FUEL HEAT R ‐ ENG If required
Operate ON FUEL HEAT L ‐ ENG If required
Switch OFF APU ‐ APU
Set HI ENG 1 and 2 ‐ HYD PUMPS

Panel → Trim, Spoilers, Throttles, Fuel X‐Feed, Flaps :

Set CG – TAKE OFF CONDTN
Set FLAP – TAKE OFF CONDTN
Set LONG TRIM – LONG TRIM
Arm SPEEDBRAKE
Move FLAP/SLAT to Desired Position
Check Flaps Settings, Blue Light T/O

Panel → Pedestal :

Close Both PNEU X-FEED VALVE
Verify RUDDER TRIM NEUTRAL

Panel → Overhead :

Check Annunciator Panel FLT RECORDER OFF
Check Annunciator Panel CTR FUEL PRESSURE LOW If CENTER TANK EMPTY

TAXI

Verify TAXI Route
Set NOSE LTS to DIM
Set RUN TIMER
Set NOSE LTS DIM
Check the FLIGHT CONTROLS
Advance THROTTLES and Check that there’s is Any Take Off Warning Alarm
Release PARKING BRAKE
Check Brake Operation
Check SLAT T/O Advisory Light is ILLUMINATED
Select WX/TCAS – RADAR
XPDR ABOVE
Arm TO ‐ AUTO BRAKE
Check Yellow Advisory Light is Istinguished
Briefly Advance Throttles, NO ORAL WARNING

TAKEOFF

Enter or Line Up RUNWAY
Check RUNWAY HEADING
Set BOTH ‐ ENG
Check NO MESSAGES IN Overhead Annunciator Panel
Check NO WARNING LIGHTS
Set NOSE LTS BRT
Turn EXT ON WING LDG LTS
Check STROBE lights (POS/STROBE) Switched to BOTH
Check that the AP is Configured Correctly :
‐ Speed
‐ Runway heading
‐ Initial Atitude
Check T.O. Mode Set in Thrust Rating Panel (TRP)
Check LONG TRIM T.O. ‐ LONG TRIM
Check SPEEDBRAKE ARMED
Press TOGA Button in Throttle
Check FLAP ‐ TAKE OFF CONDTN
Check the Flight Mode Annunciator (FMA)
Hold BRAKES
Note OFF TIME
Advance THROTTLES to 1.4 EPR
Allow ENGINES TO STABILIZE
Check 2x TAK OFF in the FMA annunciator panel :
‐ EPR T/O
‐ SPEED 250
Switch ON AUTO THROT
Release BRAKES
Monitor AIRSPEED / CLMP
Rotate at VR, 8⁰ During Lift Off
Continue Rotation at V2+10
Limit Pitch at MAX 20⁰
Follow FLIGHT DIRECTOR
Positive Rate of Climb Indicated, GEAR UP
Monitor GEAR Annunciators
Engage NAV Above 400FT
Retract FLAP

CLIMB

Set CL on TRP above 1000 FT
Engage NAV
Follow FD or select AP ON
Check or Set AP ON
Set VNAV
Check FMA :
‐ FMS EPR
‐ speed 250
‐ NAV TRK
‐ VNAV CLB
Turn IGNITION OFF, unless bad weather
Check CENTER FUEL TANK, if empty switch CENTER FUEL TANK PUMP OFF
Check PRESSURIZATION
Check Overhead Annunciator Panel
Turn OFF the LDG LTS
Set NOSE LTS DIM
WING LTS OFF
Passing Transition Altitude, set ALTIMETER to STANDARD, 29.92 InHG
Check Performance on the MCDU
Check FMA :
‐ FMS EPR
‐ = altitude
‐ NAV TRK
‐ VNAV CLB
Switch OFF TRANS
Switch OFF AUX
Disarm SPEEDBRAKE
Check OFF AUTOBRAKE

CRUISE

XPDR N
Set CR on TRP
Check FMA :
‐ FMS SPD
‐ NAV TRK
‐ VNAV LVL
Monitor Fuel and Aircraft Weight / Performance
ON ENGINE SYNC N1
SEATBELT SIGN OFF or AUTO
Select LDG ALT per 100 FT
Select LDG BARO InHG

DESCENT

XPDR BELOW
Set CL on TRP
Check FMA :
‐ FMD IDL
‐ NAV TRK
‐ VNAV DES
Passing at Transition Altitude
Monitor DES in FMC
Check AP maintain Altitude Restrictions at WPTs
OFF ENGINE SYNC N1
Check Cabin Pressurisation
Turn ON SEATBELT Not Later than 10000 Ft
Turn EXT LDG LTS ON
Set LOCAL ALTIMETER setting
Check that Airspeed Bugs are set in the Airspeed Indicator

APPROACH

ENGINE BOTH
Switch ON TRANS
Switch ON AUX
Check Disarmed SPEEDBRAKE
GEAR DOWN
Check THREE GREEN
ON NOSE LTS
Arm SPEEDBRAKE
Set – AUTO BRAKE and ARM
If needed Press FMS OVRD (Set Target Speed without disengaging VNAV)
Select Target speed (e.g. 200 Knots)
Set ILS frequency in NAV1 (see FMC – APPROACH)
Set the ILS course (see FMC – APPROACH)
Set DH 200

FINAL APPROACH

Reduce speed for capturing the localizer
Extend FLAPS 15⁰ and SLATS
Check LOCALIZER ALIVE, ARM VOR/LOC
Check glideslope indicators in the PFD :
‐ when appeared, ARM the ILS
Select SPD SEL (AT mode are only selectable once out of VNAV mode)
Check FMA :
‐ speed 250
‐ = altitude
‐ LOC TRK
Check LOCALIZER CAPTURED
Check FMA :
‐ speed 180
‐ = altitude
‐ LOC TRK
‐ VERT SPD
Select FLAPS 28⁰
Check Airspeed around 180 knots
ARM ILS
Check FMA :
‐ speed 180
‐ ILS = altitude
‐ LOC TRK
‐ VERT SPD
Check glideslope Captured
Check FMA :
‐ speed 180
‐ LOC TRK
‐ G/S TRK
Reduce speed to VREF + 5 (see APPROACH page for VREF flap 28⁰ or 40))
Extend FLAPS to 40⁰

AFTER LANDING – TAXI IN

OFF ENG Ignition
Switch OFF – ICE PROTECT – METER SEL HEAT
Set both WING LDG LTS Switches to RET
Set NOSE LTS Switch to DIM
Set Flight Directors Switch to OFF
Set POS/STROBE Switch to ON
Disarme SPEEDBRAKE
Move FLAP/SLAT Lever to UP/RET
Set Transponder to XPDR STBY
OFF WX/TCAS – RADAR
Switch and Hold APU – RUN-START
Monitor APU RPM and EGT Raise
Wait APU PWR AVAIL Light to Illuminate
Switch ON APU L BUS
Verify APU L BUS Light Illuminates
Switch ON APU R BUS
Verify APU R BUS Light Illuminates
Set NOSE LTS OFF

SHUTOFF

Set PARKING BRAKE
Check APU PWR AVAIL Light is Illuminated
Switches OFF ‐ AIR CONDITIONING ‐ SUPPLY
Switch OFF Left FUEL Cutoff Lever
Switch OFF Right FUEL Cutoff Lever
OFF all FUEL TANK PUMPS Except RIGHT AFT
Switch LOW ENG 1 and 2 ‐ HYD PUMPS
Switch OFF HYD PUMP TRANS
Switch OFF HYD PUMP AUX
Check BOTH N1 less 25%
Switch ANTI COLLISION OFF
Set Transponder to STBY, 2000
Switch OFF SEAT BELTS
Switch OFF EMER LTS
Switch OFF NO SMOK
Switch OFF GALLEY
Switch OFF ICE PROTECT ‐ WINDSHIELD ‐ ANTI FOG
Switch OFF ICE PROTECT ‐ WINDSHIELD ‐ ANTI ICE
Set Left Knob OFF IRS MODE SELECT
Set Right Knob OFF IRS MODE SELECT
Switch OFF YAW DEMP
Switch OFF LOGO LT
Switch VENTURI RADIO RACK
Decrease Brightness PFD, ND and FMC
Switch OFF ENG 1 and 2 ‐ HYD PUMPS
Switch OFF wing LTS
Set XPDR OFF
Verify APU Shutdown
Switch OFF APU L and R BUS
Switch OFF APU L and R BUS
Switch OFF BATT and LOCKED