PMDG 737-700 Checklist

PMDG_737-700_checklist.md

INFO

Pretty much all info is from this youtube video with checks excluded

TLDW: Real-life Ryanair pilot giving us a rundown

Cold and Dark

overhead

• Battery ON (guard down)
• Emergency Lights ON (guard down)

FMS

• PMDG Services/Power Cart REQUEST
• Ground power ON

Overhead-top

• NAV both
• Rotary to HDG/STS

FMS

• PMDG FUEL
• PMDG Payload (ZFW)
• FMS - POS INIT
• --- Get ATIS ---
• --- Get Clearance ---

FMS/Route

• Route (IMPORT CO ROUTE OR MANUAL)
• Flight Number
• Perf - Cost index 0-500 (18 seems to be the SIMBRIEF default, 6 for real-life Ryanair)
• Perf - Reserves - Simbrief: FINRES+ALTN
• Perf - Click ZFW
• Perf - Skip plan/fuel (unless refueling live)
• Perf - Europe Trans altitude like 6050 or so. FL180 for USA
• N1 TOPCAT App - OR Default for maximum rocket
• Set trim as per PERF
• Put V2 into MCP as speed

overhead, 1st column

• Yaw Damper On
• turn on all 4 pumps

overhead, 2nd column

• Belts if fully fueled

overhead, 3rd column

• Window heats on
• Probes on IF WINTER
• AntiIce (if needed)
• Hydraulics pumps all ON

4th column

• Pacs AUTO
• Isolation AUTO
• Engine Bleed ON
• APU Bleed OFF
• Pressurization panel (takeoff/landing elevation)

lights

• Lights
• LOGO if dark
• Position Steady
• APU ON

MCP

• Departure brief
• Rwy heading
• Course to whatever the first turn heading is
• Navaid on STANDBY freq
• Second turn on the second course
• First hard altitude (clearance brief or as filed)
• FD ON (both sides)

IFIS

• Weather/Terrain etc as per preference

brakes

• Autobrakes RTO
• Parking brake
• Speed Brake down

Transponder check

• Transponder SQUAWK @ Standby

prep for pushback

• APU Power BUS (middle 2 switches)
• Ground Services - remove power
• Parking brake set
• Remove Stairs (this closes doors)
• REMOVE CHALKS
• --- REQUEST PUSH START ---
• ANTI COLLISION LIGHTS ON
• Left pack OFF
• APU bleed ON
• Anti col ON
• Transponder ALT OFF
• (While pushback)
• Start switch (one engine)
• @N1 25 - Cutoff switch for the first engine
• Repeat for second engine
• Engine BUS ON (2 switches under blue lights)
• Turn APU OFF
• Start switches CONTINUOUS
• Probe heats ON
• Engine AntiICE if needed
• Pacs to AUTO
• APU Bleed OFF
• Isolation Valve AUTO
• Flaps 5

TAXI

• TAXI light
• Throttle beep check (should be no beep)
• --- Request TAXI ---
• just before lineup - all lights on except TAXI
• Position light strobe/steady
• A/T ARM
• LNAV or HDG
• Transponder TA/RA

Takeoff

• 40% thrust to stabilize
• hit TOGA
• 20degree initial climb
• Gear Up
• Bug up the speed so it touches "UP" on the speed strip
• above 400ft check LNAV engaged (if used)
• Autopilot
• Flaps up when UP reached
• VNAV or FLC

After Takeoff

• Start swithces OFF
• Landing gear OFF
• Autobreak to Off
• Barometer
• Runway turnoff lights off

FL100

• Seatbelt off
• Landing lights off
• Double check APU off

FL300

• Bank angle 10

About 80 miles away from TOD

• ATIS

DES page

• DES - 250 below FL100
• Forecast - request from simbrief
• Forecast - transition level
• ISA deviation from 15c (example: +5 for 20c)
• qnh - as per ATIS
• qnh also set altimiter to same
• TAI if icing condition. For example: entering clouds at FL300 and leaving at FL100

FIX page

• 5mi
• 10mi from the rwy
• Use the first two digits (example "30" in FL300) and multiply by 3 which gives us 90. This is our TOD ring from the runway

PROG + PERF page

• Subtract the GW in PERF by the fuel difference in the PROG page
• Half of the headwind component with be added to the vref. Notable if winds over 10kts, otherwise vref+5

RTE and LEGS

• Route Correct
• Legs correct (speeds and restrictions!

Descent

• Use yoke checklist

FL300

• bank angle 25

FL100

• Seatbelts on
• Landing lights on
• Rwy turnoff lights ON
• Check angle of bank 25

Flaps mnemonic - Fuel, lights, APU if climb or Angle-of-bank of descent, Pressurisation and Seatbelts

After getting cleared to an altitude - FRISC

• Frequencies
• Runways (in case of RWY change)
• Idents (white letters in the top-left PFD showing ident from RWY), 20-30 miles away or closer
• Standby instruments
• Courses

Last checks

• Terrain on IFIS
• First officer IFIS click CTR twice to get the glideslope on the PFD

Landing cleared

• Arm Approach
• Flaps 1
• Check altitude
• Slow down with brakes if needed
• If exist - outboard landing lights on
• Taxi lights ON

Localizer capture

• Rwy Heading
• Monitor Glideslope

Glideslope capture

• Flaps 5
• Missed approach altitude
• Continue extending the flaps down to 30
• Manage speed
• Gear down

Final checks

• Start switches continuous
• Recall is checked
• Speed brake armed (green light)
• Landing gear down (thee greens)
• Autobrake 3 is set
• Flap 30 selected in PERF and actually
• Landing lights
• Go and land!

Off runway

• Weather radar off
• Speedbrake off
• Strobes OFF
• Transponder ALT OFF
• Turn off Rwy lights (keep on the turnoff lights)
• Turn ON taxi
• Flaps up
• TRIM in green
• Autobrake off
• Autostart off
• Flight directors off
• Reset MCP speed to 100
• MCP alt 3100 to show it's non-standard for next flight
• Probe heats to auto
• APU On

Parked

• Lights off
• One engine off
• Connect APU
• 2 blue 1 red engine's dead
• When N2 below 20%, ground crew ready to approach
• Turn off anti colision light

Shutdown

• Fuelpumps off
• Electrical on APU
• Fasten seatbelts off
• Windowheat OFF
• Anti ICE OFF
• Flaps UP
• Speedbrake off
• Elect hydraulic OFF
• Pacs Auto
• Engine bleed ON
• APU bleed OFF
• Only steady position light (wheel well optional for walk around)
• Start switches OFF
• Autobrake off
• Radars off