Which statement about the Flight Director Indicator is true?

• A. It functions solely for autopilot, never for manual piloting.
• B. It provides steering commands that the pilot or autopilot follows.
• C. It displays only navigation data.
• D. It records flight data for maintenance.

Answer: (B)

The Flight Director Indicator is all about guiding you how to fly. It translates the flight path and attitude commands from the flight guidance system into visual steering cues, showing the needed pitch and bank to reach the commanded path. Those cues appear as guiding bars on the attitude indicator, telling you where to steer or how to adjust the airplane’s attitude.

If the autopilot is engaged and linked to the flight director, the autopilot will follow these cues automatically. If you’re flying manually, you use the cues to align the aircraft with the commanded path, rather than chasing raw navigation data. It isn’t just a display of navigation information, and it isn’t a device that records flight data for maintenance.