The F28 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.
The following sections include the conditions which must be met at each stage of flight in order for the announcements/callouts to trigger:
Take-off phase:
- Aircraft is on the ground
- Throttle levers set to greater than 40%
- Strobe lights switched on
- Landing lights switched on
"Thrust set" - throttles in detent position or thrust indicator at 100%
"80 knots" - ASI reading 80 KIAS or greater
"Rotate" - ASI reading VR speed or greater (as shown on speeds card)
"Positive rate of climb, gear up" - Above 50ft AGL, vertical speed greater than 500ft/min, gear down
Climb phase:
- Gear up
- Above 50ft AGL
- Vertical speed greater than 500ft/min
"Flap 11" - Above 600ft AGL, flaps set to greater than 11 degrees
"Flaps up" - Above 800ft AGL, flaps set to greater than 0 degrees, ASI reading greater than VFTO speed (as shown on speeds card)
"Set climb power" - Above 1000ft AGL, flaps up, ASI reading greater than VFTO speed (as shown on speeds card)
Approach phase:
- ASI reading less than 250 KIAS
- Less than 6000ft AGL
- Vertical speed less than -500ft/min
- Or BEAM mode engaged and localiser captured
- Or GLIDE mode engaged and glideslope captured
"Course bar active" - localiser alive, course bar moving
"Localiser" - localiser captured
"Glideslope" - glideslope captured
"Speed" - ASI reading less than VREF - 5 KIAS and above 150ft AGL
"100 feet to minimums" - 100ft above radio altimeter bug height
"Minimums" - At radio altimeter bug height
"Flaps 11" - Less than 3000ft AGL, ASI reading less than 190 KIAS, flaps set to less than 11 degrees
"Flaps 25" - Less than 2000ft AGL, ASI reading less than 160 KIAS, flaps set to less than 25 degrees
"Flaps 42" - Less than 1500ft AGL, ASI reading less than 150 KIAS, flaps set to less than 42 degrees
"Gear down" - Less than 2500ft AGL, ASI reading less than 170 KIAS, gear not down
Cabin Announcements:
Flight crew to cabin crew:
- "Cabin crew, please take your seats for takeoff." (triggered by pressing STEW CALL button on the overhead panel)
- "Cabin crew, please take your seats for landing." (triggered by pressing STEW CALL button on the overhead panel)
Cabin crew to flight crew:
- “Boarding is complete”
- "Cabin secure." (‘cabin secure for takeoff/landing’ indicator on the centre console will be automatically set depending on the stage of flight)
Cabin crew to passengers:
- "Ladies and gentlemen, the cabin crew have been released to begin their service but please note that the seatbelt signs are still on." (triggered by pressing STEW CALL button on the overhead panel)
- "Ladies and gentlemen, the seatbelt signs have been switched off. You are free to move about the cabin."
- "Ladies and gentlemen, 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."