Descent rates in a jet

[Brett Hull]

Airplane skills, VNAV skills, ILS skills, Nunchuck skills....

 

[JetBlast2000]

That descent rate formula is awesome, it's INCREDIBLE!

Alt loss * 3 and add 10%. Then the GS/2*10. good rules!

Isn’t that more for TOD calcs to make a restriction or some point. What do you descend at when you get PD?

 

[Lead Sled]

Isn’t that more for TOD calcs to make a restriction or some point. What do you descend at when you get PD?

3 X altitude loss at 6 X GS works for discrete descents as well.

'Sled

 

[Duderino]

Gosh.