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# FLIGHT PATH / ATTITUDE INDICATIONS

### FLIGHT PATH VECTOR (FPV)

* Consists of a green aircraft symbol that indicates the current flight path angle in reference to the horizon line.
* <mark style="color:red;">FPV turns red when TCAS RA is active and the FPV is in the Avoidance Zone.</mark>
* <mark style="color:red;">FPV is removed when excessive pitch is exceeded.</mark>

### FLIGHT PATH VECTOR SPEED ERROR TAPE

* Green tape that rises or descends from the left wing of the FPA symbol.
* Represents the difference between the selected airspeed and the current airspeed.
* Down indicates current airspeed is less than the selected airspeed, and up indicates more.

### FLIGHT PATH VECTOR ACCELERATION POINTER

* Displayed when FD is selected and gives an analog indication of acceleration and deceleration rate along the flight path.
* Moves up for increasing values of flight path acceleration and moves down for decreasing values of flight path acceleration.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/417c2d4d-fdb8-4d4d-b11d-011fe445d776/Images/Documentation/primary-flight-display-pfd-image-2gv9w7el.png)

### ATTITUDE REFERENCE AIRCRAFT SYMBOL

* Aircraft symbol is centered and always points to the top of the display. The background rotates around it.
* Displayed at all times and is used with the pitch tape to reflect aircraft pitch and roll attitude in relation to the horizon line.

### HORIZON LINE

* Based on the current aircraft pitch and roll attitude.
* When the horizon line and the attitude reference aircraft symbol are overlaid, the aircraft is in a level pitch attitude.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/417c2d4d-fdb8-4d4d-b11d-011fe445d776/Images/Documentation/primary-flight-display-pfd-image-mr9v7iuy.png)

### FLIGHT DIRECTOR GUIDANCE CUE

* Displayed as a magenta diamond with short wings.
* Fits within the flight path vector symbol.
* If pitch or roll command data is invalid, the flight director guidance cue is removed.

Flight Director automatically displays:

* TOGA button actuation
* Autopilot is activated
* <mark style="color:red;">Windshear detection</mark>

![](https://cdn.document360.io/417c2d4d-fdb8-4d4d-b11d-011fe445d776/Images/Documentation/primary-flight-display-pfd-image-kxag4wqz.png)

### PITCH LIMIT INDICATOR (PLI)

The PLI is a pitch-based cue between stick-shaker angle of attack and current airplane angle of attack. It is shown on the PFD attitude display.

**DISPLAY LOGIC**

* Airplane airborne.
* Radio altitude greater than 200 ft.
* Calibrated airspeed at or below 1.2 Vs (low-speed / high-AOA regime).

**COLORS**

* **Green** — more than 5° remaining to stick shaker.
* **Amber** — 5° or less remaining to stick shaker.
* **Red** — stick shaker is active.

The PLI is removed above the speed/AOA gate and below 200 ft RA.

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![Pitch Limit Indicator](https://cdn.document360.io/417c2d4d-fdb8-4d4d-b11d-011fe445d776/Images/Documentation/primary-flight-display-pfd-image-v7otuv1g.png)

### ROLL SCALE

* Tick marks are located every 10 degrees up to 30 degrees.
* Inverted triangles are displayed at 0 and 45 degrees of roll.

### ROLL POINTER AND SLIP/SKID INDICATION

* The triangle is the roll pointer.
* Bottom half of the roll pointer is used as a slip/skid indicator.
  * Lower portion of the triangle moves left or right to show the slip or skid condition

![Roll pointer](https://cdn.document360.io/417c2d4d-fdb8-4d4d-b11d-011fe445d776/Images/Documentation/primary-flight-display-pfd-image-wnz9y2dt.png)

### LOW BANK LIMIT ARC

* <mark style="color:red;">Helps the pilot to fly with low bank angles during turns.</mark>

![](https://cdn.document360.io/417c2d4d-fdb8-4d4d-b11d-011fe445d776/Images/Documentation/primary-flight-display-pfd-image-6fpjxapv.png)

### FLIGHT PATH ANGLE (FPA)

* Indicates the current flight path in reference to the horizon line
* Cyan color.
