EWR DCL Flight Tests Capt Gregg Kastman MD-11 Flt Trng Sup 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 2 Flight 1, 16 May Noteworthy Events - Logon successful 3 Flight 1, 16 May Noteworthy Events - Logon successful - Initial Clearance, CAF 4 Flight 1, 16 May Noteworthy Events - Logon successful - Initial Clearance, CAF - During Taxi, Revised Dept Freq 5 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 6 Flight 2, 22 May Noteworthy Events - Initial Clearance, CAF 7 Flight 2, 22 May Noteworthy Events - Initial Clearance, CAF - During Taxi, Revised Route (UM79) - AIR waypoint listed twice 8 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 9 Flight 3, 24 May Noteworthy Events - Logon REJECTED - Multiple flight plans filed 10 Flight 3, 24 May Noteworthy Events - Logon REJECTED - Initial Clearance, UM79 - No duplicate waypoints 11 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 12 Flight 4, 29 May Noteworthy Events - Initial Clearance, CAF - During Taxi, Revised Rte (UM80) - Scratchpad message 14 Flight 5, 5 June Noteworthy Events - Unable to receive DCL - Simultaneous message on both DSP 16 Flight 6, 6 June Noteworthy Events - Logon successful - ATC unable to send DCL - DTAP reset after flight plan filed 17 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 18 19