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DVA10729
Captain, B757-200

Joined on April 27 2012
Century Club

Southeastern United States

107 legs, 374.1 hours
106 legs, 371.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on February 26 2013 22:19 ET by Nick Westfall

I was looking at the setting on ACARS 3 and I saw there was a section that could randomly generate failures but it said they could only be used on training flights. I'm just curious as to why failures generated by ACARS are only allowed on training flight and not regular flights, wouldn't it make it more realistic/challenging if there was a chance something might go wrong on any flight?

Nick Westfall

Captain, B757-200

DVA7709
Captain, B757-200

Joined on August 29 2009
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
Online Quadruple Century Club

Southeastern United States

452 legs, 908.6 hours
415 legs, 843.4 hours online
451 legs, 907.6 hours ACARS
25 legs, 53.3 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 27 2013 01:17 ET by Jose Hernandez

they do if you have payware aircraft

Jose Hernandez

Captain, B757-200

DVA10729
Captain, B757-200

Joined on April 27 2012
Century Club

Southeastern United States

107 legs, 374.1 hours
106 legs, 371.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on February 27 2013 18:16 ET by Nick Westfall

I've never had a random failure on a pay ware. Usually any failure is caused by me screwing up somewhere along the lines

Nick Westfall

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on February 28 2013 00:44 ET by Jose Hernandez

on my leo maddogg I have had engine fires before thrust rvsrs inop and a few others

Jose Hernandez

Captain, B757-200

DVA11326
First Officer, B767-300

Joined on February 17 2013

South America

15 legs, 21.7 hours
13 legs, 17.4 hours online
14 legs, 19.9 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on March 05 2013 19:14 ET by Leonel Becerra

Nick Westfall wrote:

I've never had a random failure on a pay ware. Usually any failure is caused by me screwing up somewhere along the lines

In maddog had 1 flameout (restarted engines everythin g else ok) and a low oil press warning, after troubleshooting with the manual came to the conclussion that it was just a faulty indication.

I like random failures, makes you be aware of everything all the time not just sitting there - sleep 4 hours - wake up and land.

Leonel Becerra

First Officer, B767-300

DVA9677
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on April 11 2011
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
Quincentenary Club

"American 1482, your APU is leaking baggage."
Kissimmee, FL USA

543 legs, 735.9 hours
247 legs, 299.2 hours online
538 legs, 725.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 2.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on March 05 2013 19:47 ET by John Anderson

I've never used ACARS failures, so I couldn't answer your question.

I've always used the failure engine of the aircraft I'm flying.
I've seen an APU fire, a pressurization warning, and a couple of others,
but the worst was pitot heat was lost under icing conditions on arrival. I had a really good controller with lotsa patience that kept me up to date with speed, and a decent VASI on the rnwy I was approaching.

John Anderson (DVA9677)

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