No speed restriction below 10000

[Old School 737]

What happened to the test in Houston where on departure you could go faster than 250KTS? Seemed like a good idea to get the departures out of the way and make more room for the inbounds? Only bad thing about it is a bird strike might hurt a little more.

 

[Palomino]

blame ALPA

 

[pianoman]

blame ALPA

Yeah, stupid safety.

 

[Diesel-9]

Think the F.A.A. dropped it over bird strike issues at the higher speeds and the reduced chances of a bird surviving a 300 kt. impact vs. getting sucked into an engine at 250 kts. BRILLIANT

 

[PA-22]

Think the F.A.A. dropped it over bird strike issues at the higher speeds and the reduced chances of a bird surviving a 300 kt. impact vs. getting sucked into an engine at 250 kts. BRILLIANT

Well, birds in Canada seem to survive 300kts impacts. They don't have the restriction.

 

[N1kawotg]

At training in HOU, ATC came by and they loved it for flow. When asked why it went away they stated ALPA made it a safety issue, so no more high speed below 10K especially with a Capt over 60 :nuts:

 

[Rik717pilot]

It was great being able to spool the DC9 up to 320 knots at 3,00o' and blast out of Texas... any excuse to get the f*** out of Texas is good!

 

[Midnight Flyer]

At training in HOU, ATC came by and they loved it for flow. When asked why it went away they stated ALPA made it a safety issue, so no more high speed below 10K especially with a Capt over 60 :nuts:

F alpa..how 'bout if you're not an alpa member, then you should be able to exceed 250 under 10. I like 320 under 10 personally.

 

[Bavarian Chef]

I'll take 450-500 in the break next time!

 

[Scrapdog]

I'll take 450-500 in the break next time!

Exactly! There's a speed restriction below 10K? Oops, my bad.