On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:22:34 GMT, Dave S
wrote:



Ron Garret wrote:



Yes, but it seems unlikely that he could (or would) have flown a holding
pattern.

rg

The FMS entered the hold after overflying the destination at altitude.
Sounds like it flew the lateral part of an approach, missed approach and
hold.

Not that it really matters, but was it a real FMS driven racetrack
holding pattern, or was it just circling over what would have been the
last waypoint loaded up in the plan pre departure? Generally, how
early does one get the STAR (if any), and approach assignment to put
into the box? In this case, how early would they have put it in,
assuming they had enough time/sense to put it in considering the lack
of O2?