I am enjoying the A340-600 Pro in MSFS 2020 and performed some long-haul flights generally without issues. A problem that I have noticed however is that Auto read-back of ATC instruction (via enabling AI Pilot handles ATC in MSFS) does not work, and I am pretty sure that it is an A340 issue as performing the same flight with no changes in the sim but with a different plane the option works normally.

Especially for long-haul flights, the AI Pilot handling radio is quite helpful.

Has anyone else experienced the same issue? Or is there maybe some hidden option in the plane that I missed?

Thanks for any help

Alfa Tango

Actually, there is one piece of information that I have omitted in my initial post which points at some non-standard feature in the A340-600 Pro, possibly in the transponder setting.  The AI assisted readback/radio handling works just for the first radio contact (the one with the clerance and the transponder code). For this first time, the AI Pilot reads back the clerance but does not set the transponder code. After that, radio silence and I have to handle radio myself. 

I have also tried to start with AI radio off, reading back clearance and setting the transponder manually and then activating the Ai-radio, but it made no difference: no read back nor radio action by the AI Pilot. Manual interaction - receiving and reading back instructions - works normally though. 

All other stock and add-on planes work fine.

Very very strange.

Alfa Tango

On 3/15/2026 at 3:00 PM, alfatango said:

Actually, there is one piece of information that I have omitted in my initial post which points at some non-standard feature in the A340-600 Pro, possibly in the transponder setting.  The AI assisted readback/radio handling works just for the first radio contact (the one with the clerance and the transponder code). For this first time, the AI Pilot reads back the clerance but does not set the transponder code. After that, radio silence and I have to handle radio myself. 

I have also tried to start with AI radio off, reading back clearance and setting the transponder manually and then activating the Ai-radio, but it made no difference: no read back nor radio action by the AI Pilot. Manual interaction - receiving and reading back instructions - works normally though. 

All other stock and add-on planes work fine.

Very very strange.

Alfa Tango

Same issue here. I thought it was problem with the sim

On 3/23/2026 at 3:35 PM, nikita1234 said:

Same issue here. I thought it was problem with the sim

Exactly the same here with updated version 1.0.1 build 1045.

This could do with fixing ASAP as loss of this functionality on long haul will detract from enjoyment...

And me as well, so annoying!

Hi All - I had also submitted a support ticket and Aerosoft has replied that the issue is now known and it will be fixed in a future update.

So I suppose we just have to wait.

Happy flights

Hello,

I can confirm we're aware of this issue and currently looking into this. Thanks for your patience!

New version 1.0.2 since last time I flew the A340-600 and still no fix for this?!
Now you're blocking 2 MSFS built in functionalities
- Sim rate limited to max 4X (and your recommendation in another thread is, don't fly the aircraft, jump ahead to save time instead, turning this into a T/O and landing sim!!, come on!)
- ATC, auto response not working (this thread)

Pausing this product again and hope for the next release.