Originally Posted by
Officer Kite
Adjustments during the descent as necessary, multiplying present gs x 5 always gives ~3deg descent profile, it’s never failed me so far. It was actually taught to me by a former MD80 pilot who swore by it during his career.
And Felix, what mode do you descend in then? I thought this was a discussion about VS mode and fast rules for knowing what VS to set to keep a 3deg profile, is that Vnav mode your referring to with a magenta 3 deg vertical guidance indicator on the PFD?
I am not trying to descend at 3deg. I am trying to descend efficiently and to monitor the FMC profile as a backup....amazingly it isn’t always correct. VNAV Path is great but rubbish in rubbish out, you pick up the errors early and correct them. There are also times when your given short cuts or expect them and you want to be below the path so you use other modes to achieve your self calculated path.
This may sound old school but we still have to think outside the FMC.
