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The Brains of the Computerized Airplane. The Flight Management System, FMS, is comprised of 2 FMGECFlight Management Guidance Envelope Computers. Inside each of the FMGEC computers lay the operating systems that manage our A330. FMGEC: Flight Management. Flight Guidance. Flight Envelope.Computers. FM: Flight ManagementThe on-board computerized Dispatcher responsible for flight planning, performance, navigation, and communicating data via the PFDs, NDs, and MCDUs. FG: Flight GuidanceThe on-board, computerized pilot responsible for commanding the autopilot, flight directors, and authothrust. FE: Flight EnvelopeThe on-board, computerized Flight Engineer, responsible for computing the flight envelope, maneuvering speeds, reactive windshear detection, and gross weight and CG computations and warnings. Under normal operations the two FMGECs work together. Data entered into either MCDU (Multipurpose Control Display Unit) is shared with the other computer. They work together, and just like other glass planes there is a master. The selection of the A/P or A/T (first on) will determine which FMGEC becomes that master. If one FMGEC has a problem, the other can handle the operation, but the pilot must switch control on the Switching Panel. No automatic switching of a FMGEC computer. In the example below, the number 2 FMGC failed and the pilot selects both on 1, and now the First Officers MCDU interacts with the number one FMGEC.