Originally Posted by
Too Few Stripes
I think there’s some confusion in your initial post, the two different amber bands (upper and lower) were used interchangeably.
the upper amber band shows the flap limiting speed for the next flap setting using the logic you stated of 1 5 15 30 (40 if set on approach page). With flaps up the logic of the upper amber band is different.
the top of the bottom amber band represents minimum manoeuvre speed for the current config.
however I saw upper band coming down tighter with speedbrake out and flaps5