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Jim has been working on redoing the manual fort the Nexsim program. One of the issues is that the simulated pilots give varied responses to the same instructions. There is a dialogue box at the ground pseudo pilot position that gives the response that the pilot would give after receiving instructions from ground control. To keep things interesting, the dialogue box may say “okay, pushback at our discretion SWA123” or “SWA123 push at our discretion.” The fact that there are different responses is an issue because the manual only gives one example, so it could be seen as confusing because it could seem like you are getting the wrong response. Although there are other issues with the manual, this is the main thing that Jim is trying to resolve by making the manual clearer.