Originally Posted by
Paddleboat
Indeed! Certainly a possibility.
It was put to me that the reason a breakdown in separation was inevitable regardless of the 737's lateral track was due to the A330's lack of climb performance, at least relative to the 737. Your reasoning I believe supports my position. If the 737 had turned at the correct time and followed the path in my quick and dirty diagram, then there would have been more than sufficient time, given the A330 is back at 180kts until established on the radial, and the 737 is accelerating, for their to be vertical separation as provided by the respective procedures by the time their tracks intersected, if they would at all.
Really? 330 at domestic weights.... 2500' before you roll out of the turn. It's common to accelerate from V2+10 at 2500' on that one due to the speed restriction.
Bear in mind the 737 single click toga gives 1000-2000fpm...
So the bus would outperform massively in this circumstance.