In this world of tablets and smartphones, the instinctive reaction is to press the gray line select keys on the screen of the CDU, assuming it to be a touch screen. Being creatures of habit, most pilots would select the CDUs into these positions and this is where the 787 fun begins. Few Touchscreen Controlsįorward of the control stand, where you would look on previous types for the control display units (CDU) of the flight management computer (FMC), is one large MFD, which, like the other MFDs on the forward panel, is capable of displaying navigation displays (NDs), electronic checklists (ECLs), system synoptics or the interactive graphical CDUs. Weather radar and transponder controls are also provided for in these intuitive and user friendly boxes. The aft control stand contains three tuning control panels, integrated for all VHF, HF, satcom and cabin interphone functions in one unit. And a familiar control stand houses the speed brake lever, throttle quadrant and flap lever. Situated in between the left and right forward instrument panels are the integrated standby flight display (ISFD), gear lever and autobrake selector. The layout of the overhead panel will make any 757 pilot feel instantly at home with electrics, hydraulics, fuel, air conditioning and pressurization controls laid out from left to right. Once seated, a pilot with previous experience of other Boeing types will quickly see more of the familiar than the unfamiliar about this aircraft. Close by are the four flight control electronic cabinets, which provide the pilot interface that determines how this aircraft is going to handle. Clark’s HAL9000 units of “2001 A Space Odyssey” fame, are hard to avoid. For those of a certain age, comparisons with Arthur C. Pilots interested in understanding this machine better can clamber up through the EE bay access hatch beneath the forward fuselage, bringing them face-to-face with the two CCRs. Two common core resources (CCR) cabinets lie hidden under the cockpit floor in the forward electronics equipment (EE) bay, further setting this aircraft apart from 20th century designs. It lends the cockpit a more modern appearance, compared with the brown of previous types.įar more significant to the operation of the aircraft, however, are the head-up displays (HUDs) stowed flush with the overhead panel five 15-inch multifunction displays (MFDs) dominating the instrument panel two large tablet-size Class III electronic flight bags (EFBs) outboard of each pilot seat and, positioned inboard of each pilot's knee, the cursor control devices (CCD) used to enter and modify data to various aircraft systems. Most superficial, but immediately obvious to a 757 pilot such as myself, is the gray flight deck.
When you first walk into the flight deck of the Boeing 787, there are a number of impressions that immediately set this aircraft apart from previous Boeing types.
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