I have read (from the FS9toCIVA.exe developer) that your ramp position (present position) should be entered in "waypoint #1". This is why he leaves waypoint 1 alone when converting .PLN's to .AWC's. I have never entered my present position as "waypoint 1"...I have always assumed that's what "waypoint 0" was for on the Star Wheel??  I always enter present position while in POS mode on the CDU, as the manual states, and then my first airborne waypoint "as waypoint 1" in WPT mode. Am I mistaken in this?

Vic

Thank you, Gianfranco. It seems I missed the following in the Carousel IV-A "operations manual" you provide....(my fault for not looking closer):

"It is recommended, at
the first insertion on ground, to reinsert the ramp position as waypoint 1 to verify the
DISTANCE from present position (waypoint 0) and waypoint 1 is 0."


Vic