Today is the second day of my Boeing 747-400 type transition training. The introduction on FMS, the Flight Managent System. Actually I'm no stranger to FMS, as the Fokker 100 I flew in the past year is equipped with FMS( although a bit different with the FMS on 744), and the APQ simulator sessions I just completed also put a lot of emphesis on operating the FMS. As a result, to a certain extent I could be described as an experienced FMS user. That being said, however, the 744 FMS has a lot of funtions that I'm still unfamiliar with. So this is a very good oppurtunity for exploring the real capability of the 744 FMS, as the FMS plays such an important role in the real line-operation, and you really need to be very very familiar with all its funtions so as to fully utlize it, thus making the operation in the most efficient way. So what is FMS? Think it as the trip computer on some well-equipped cars, and you'll get a rough idea. Of course the FMS has much, much better capabil...