The Trajectory Display can be set to 'Time ahead 2-5-10 minutes' and 'Distance ahead 2-5-10nm', which is great: I love to inform ATC that I am '5 minutes west of VOR'.
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‌However, the depiction of the markers for both settings is exactly the same, which may lead to confusion or (dangerous?) errors.
‌I would prefer a 'min.' or 'nm' next to the trajectory axis, so that I can see which setting is active. Optionally, the numbers 2-5-10 could equally be added next to their marker?
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Surely you have a preference and you set it once? Under what circumstances do you need to frequently change this setting?

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Tim Dawson - 11/11/2016 10:41:14 AM

Surely you have a preference and you set it once? Under what circumstances do you need to frequently change this setting?

When approaching my destination, I like to know how far away I am (this allows me to better plan my descent: 'I am 5nm out, so better start my decent'). I'm committed to landing anyway, so ETA is less of an issue. Also, speed may vary considerably when on landing-approach, so the time-ahead markers will contract and expand at such a rate that they become useless.
‌When navigating (and communicating with ATC), I feel that projected-time-to-waypoint is more useful than distance-to-waypoint (information that is available anyway in the log). Navigating is usually done at near constant speed, so the time projection is pretty solid. Regardless of personal preference, the UI should remove all doubt about which information is shown, no?
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