Pilot inputs to the MCDU are considered what type of inputs?

Pilot inputs to the MCDU are considered what type of inputs?

• A. Selected
• B. Autotuned
• C. Managed
• D. Manual

Answer: (C)

Pilot inputs to the MCDU are used to feed the Flight Management System with data that the automation will manage. When you enter a route, performance, speeds and constraints and activate EXEC, you’re telling the FMS to compute and control the flight profile in the managed mode (LNAV/VNAV). The aircraft then follows the path and constraints the FMS has generated, rather than you manually steering every leg or altitude. That’s different from selecting a specific leg or altitude to be followed directly by the autopilot (a straight “selected” action), from the autotune function which handles navigation radio tuning automatically, or from manual control where automation isn’t guiding the flight at all.

Pilot inputs to the MCDU are used to feed the Flight Management System with data that the automation will manage. When you enter a route, performance, speeds and constraints and activate EXEC, you’re telling the FMS to compute and control the flight profile in the managed mode (LNAV/VNAV). The aircraft then follows the path and constraints the FMS has generated, rather than you manually steering every leg or altitude.

That’s different from selecting a specific leg or altitude to be followed directly by the autopilot (a straight “selected” action), from the autotune function which handles navigation radio tuning automatically, or from manual control where automation isn’t guiding the flight at all.