According to the process 700, the flight management system 202 can determine a course from the turn center of the end of a first turn (FTP1) and the angle to the AF/RF waypoint (e.g., the waypoint 236E). If the end of the first turn (FTP1) is past the waypoint 236E on the arc, then an impermissible flight condition is present. In order to determine whether the end of the first turn (FTP1) is past the waypoint 236E, the flight management system 202 can compare the cosine of the angle between the course from distance measuring equipment (DME) to the end of the first turn (FTP1) and the angle between the DME to the outbound course. An impermissible flight condition is present if the cosines are opposite signs.
According to another implementation of the process 700, the flight management system 202 can determine the course change between the AF/RF turn center to TC1 and the AF/RF turn center to the waypoint 234E. An impermissible flight condition is present if the course change is smaller than the AF/RF turn center to TC1 and AF/RF turn center to the end of the first turn (FTP1).