New answers tagged autopilot
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So your CRZ page shows your cruise altitude as FL 410, but you've leveled off at FL370, which is what's in your MCP Altitude window. Now ATC clears you to climb to 410.
You set 41,000' into the MCP Altitude window. At this point, your FMA vertical mode changes from VNAV to Altitude Hold. The light in the Alt Hold button is on, and the light in the VNAV ...
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Altitude Intervention will start a descent only if VNAV is the active mode (and the MCP altitude is below the current cruise altitude). If you're in Altitude Hold, then VNAV isn't active, and the Altitude Intervention button won't start a descent.
On the other hand, Level Change is its own mode, and selecting it (with a different altitude set in the MCP than ...
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