I wonder about the bright white Chron/Clock as well. Is there a control for it? For me, it’s super bright and I haven’t found a dimmer.
RNAV approaches are instrument procedures, definitely legal in, and intended for use in, IMC. My airline actually has a large network of RNP approaches (was the inventor of these procedures actually) used in SE Alaska; these are special RNAV procedures that get us down to ILS minimums on approach paths that could never meet normal terrain clearance requirements.
As far as how MCP altitude is handled, this varies between operators and others will probably chime in with different procedures but this is ours:. Once cleared for the approach, in LNAV / VNAV Path, and all altitude restrictions have been verified in the FMC, we set field elevation in the MCP (this is the one time you round down, so if field elevation is 50ft feet you set zero in the MCP.)
The positive to this is that it eliminates the threat of the flight guidance capturing current altitude as you “spin through” it the way some other operators do, destabilizing your approach. The negative to our method is that you won’t have the missed approach altitude pre-set, so it must be set on the missed. We mitigate this threat by making the setting / verifying of missed approach altitude part of every missed profile we fly.
Different techniques work as well though.
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Nope, for whatever reason, PMDG has ignored this. From what I’ve read, that clock has be replaced by a different type on later build NG’s. Hope they get around to addressing it, it’s pretty annoying to have that thing shining so brightly when you’ve got the rest of the cockpit dimmed down for night flying.
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I’ve got a guess on who you work for. One of my favorite flights of late is PANC to PADK. Have you ever flow this route? The scenery is amazing and when using Real Weather, it’s often a challenge just to get down in one piece.
Thanks for the info on how you guys fly RNAV’s. Can they get you as close in as a CAT III ILS approach or do they have higher minimums?
Nope, Adak is its own qual and only certain ANC crews do it. I’ve been told that other than the remoteness, it’s not usually as challenging as SE, but I don’t know personally 
. Kodiak can sure be interesting on the right day… Well any of them can on the right day haha.
The lowest RNP the 737 can do is .10 (for comparison, a normal RNAV is .30). The .10 RNP approaches have minimums roughly equal to a Cat I ILS (200ft - 1/2sm), so definitely not as low as a Cat III. But compared to the public approaches into a lot of these airports which have higher mins than basic VMC, they sure are an improvement!
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Since the SU12, many FPS stutters have been added during the Taxing on the ground, especially during the turning period. It is useless to think of many ways, which is really a headache.
■■■■…looking forward to this…
Hope they at least know why it’s being rejected and can work on it swiftly. 
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It’s probably something to do with memory size/file size limits for XBox, or something non-obvious like that.
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Yeah I know, it’ll be accepted eventually and once it does they’ll know what they need to do for the rest of the 737 fleet. Patience is a virtue and the quality will be worth the wait.
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Lets keep everything crossed 
I’m guessing it’s not the aircraft quality that’s causing the problem, it’s probably the way that the complex systems are implemented - something that perhaps isn’t an issue with CaptainsSim aircraft? 
Microsoft will be focused on making sure that the aircraft doesn’t cause problems with the Xbox infrastructure or create a security risk (Xbox is a closed system whereas the PC is open).
I can’t wait for PDMG 737 planes to arrive on Xbox. 
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I was really optimistic until i received that reply from robert 
Im not sure because even robert said they didnt anticipate any further roadblocks from MS now so im not sure what it could be
Perhaps just chill and be hopeful, they said end of April, just relax and let them get on with the testing.
You are almost setting yourself up for disappointment. Don’t mean that in a bad way, I’m just saying that you should perhaps not worry so much, lol.
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Is there a way to enter barometric minimums through FMC? Using rotary to go from 200 to 8040 (SEQM airport) takes ages!
No, that’s not possible in the 737
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I’m usually lazy and dial in the Radio Altimeter minimum, which I know isn’t optimal for non-flat terrain during the approach.
That said, I’m guessing Spad.neXt and other similar products might have a way to map a key or control to that setting. ???
I use Spad to map that function to a button on my yoke…great for those high altitude airports. Setting baro minimums for a place like Denver or Cusco is a PITA with just a mouse wheel.
I’m really starting to think that Spad.next is around the corner for me. I have a the Saitek Multi and Switch panels, and they definitely need some custom mappings.