Originally Posted by
Capn Bloggs
Boeing may say that, but won't it be a writeup and engineering inspection? It is in my "Boeing". OK if you're going to end up in a maintenance base... Oh and the FDAP...
in “my Boeing”, an exceedance of 20kts or .02mach in clean configuration is a write up for which engineering issues a MCA(maintenance control approval), you can then fly for a specified amount of time before an inspection has to be done! So, no, you don’t have to go to a maintenance base immediately!!
furthermore, the FCTM contains enough guidance on VMO/MMO exceedance limitations. It is actually preferred to exceed a MMO/VMO limitation due to sudden wind speed changes at altitude instead of disconnecting the AP and manually correcting!!
off course, when you are descending from FL370 to FL 350 due turbulence, whether you do that in Mach or IAS(Mach of course would be normal) it would be wise to reduce that speed anyways!!