Originally Posted by
extricate
Exactly, that was what I faced, it seems to me that FMS starts decelerating at the very last moment when i'm about to intervene.. I've asked around, it seems to be that FMS starts decelerating about 1.5nm per 10kts prior to the waypoint?
Any thoughts?
In the 737, it's an angle - 1.3 down - commanded for the decel.
An ATC friend once told me that can see see altitudes very well, but airspeeds are very hard to tell. If you're within 10 knots and correcting, are you very concerned?