Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Total 18000
Troubleshooting; Workload; Distraction
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe
Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; General Declared Emergency; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
Enroute received a CABIN AUTO INOP message on upper EICAS. As AUTO 1 was placarded; we were running in AUTO 2 and switched to MANUAL. Completed the QRH checklist through to the pattern altitude step. I decided to continue to filed destination; after speaking to Maintenance Control; as we were able to control the cabin pressure in MANUAL. At a while later I declared an emergency with Center as we were going to need a 500 FPM descent into our destination. While descending; received a SPOILERS advisory message on the upper EICAS. Completed the QRH checklist and landed uneventfully. I suggest we do not dispatch aircraft with inoperative subsystems.
A B767-300 CABIN AUTO INOP EICAS alerted at cruise with AUTO 1 already MEL'ed so the crew switched to MANUAL pressurization control and declared an emergency while descending on the arrival. During descent; a SPOILER advisory alert appeared.