The RJ Professional includes pilot callouts and cabin announcements. These will be automatically triggered at the appropriate times based on various events such as altitude, airspeed and aircraft state. Some announcements can also be triggered manually via the EFB Aircraft page.


The announcements are enabled by default but can be disabled by unticking the CABIN ANNOUNCEMENTS and PILOT CALLOUTS options in the Configuration Menu on the EFB Aircraft page.


Cockpit Callouts


Callouts during take-off:

  • "Check thrust”
  • "Thrust set"
  • "Airspeed alive"
  • "80 knots"
  • "GO”
  • “Rotate"
  • "Positive climb"
  • “Gear up selected”
  • “Gear up, lights out”

Call-outs during climb:

  • "Speed checked, Flap 24"
  • "Speed checked, Flap 18"
  • "Speed checked, Flap 0" 

Call-outs during approach:

  • "Localiser alive"
  • “Localiser captured”
  • “Glideslope alive”
  • “Glideslope captured”
  • “Speed checked, gear down”
  • “Speed checked, Flap 18”
  • “Speed checked, Flap 24”
  • “Speed checked, Flap 33”
  • "Airbrakes out"

Call-outs during landing roll:

  • "Ground idle"
  • "Spoilers yellow and green"
  • "Brake pressure checked"
  • "60 knots"

 

Cabin Announcements


Flight crew to cabin crew:

  • "Cabin crew, please take your seats for takeoff." (triggered by pressing CAB CALL button on overhead panel)
  • "Cabin crew, please take your seats for landing." (triggered by pressing CAB CALL button on overhead panel)

Cabin crew to flight crew: 

  • “Boarding is complete”
  • "Cabin secure." (‘cabin secure for takeoff/landing’ indicator on centre console will be automatically set depending on stage of flight)

Cabin crew to passengers: 

  • "Ladies and gentleman, the cabin crew have been released to begin their service but please note that the seatbelt signs are still on." (triggered by pressing CAB CALL button on overhead panel)
  • "Ladies and gentleman, the seatbelt signs have been switched off. You are free to move about the cabin."
  • "Ladies and gentleman, the seatbelt signs have been switched on. Please return to your seats and fasten your seatbelts."

Cabin crew to cabin crew: 

  • "Cabin crew, doors to manual and cross-check."
  • "Cabin crew, arm doors and cross-check."

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE CONDITIONS TO BE MET:

  • Takeoff phase: Strobe and Landing Lights on, thrust levers greater than 40%
  • Climb phase: Gear retracted, above 50ft AGL, vertical speed greater than 500ft/min
  • Cruise phase: Flaps retracted, aircraft in level flight
  • Approach phase: Airspeed below 250 KIAS, below 6000ft AGL, vertical speed less than -300ft/min
  • Landing phase: Touched down, ground speed greater than 50 knots
  • Reset flight: On ground, ground speed less than 30 knots


Please note that each stage is reliant on the previous stage being complete first. It is very hard to make triggers that cover every eventuality so the system can get confused if non-normal procedures are followed. For example, you could confuse the callouts by levelling off below 6000ft AGL in the climb, then descending for a period at less than 250 KIAS before resuming a climb to the cruise. That would be quiet an unusual flight pattern though!