Originally Posted by
pineteam
On A320 and I believe on any modern airliners you are never limited in climb gradient with all engines operating.
We do our performance calculation using Flysmart on Ipad and we have the engine out go around gradient displayed for awareness so we know if we can comply with the required climb gradient or if we must follow the EOSID.
Terrain Performance or Departure Performance?
In the US, the A320 is certainly limited in some Altitude Constraints on SIDs. In fact, ORD just added a lateral half mile to its' DME/Alt requirements, and a heavy 321 on a hot day out of LAS will struggle above Green Dot....