Originally Posted by
ImbracableCrunk
This hasn't been mentioned in all the hair splitting around ISA DEV:
I like to put the FAF and crossing altitude in the DESC page. I use it to monitor the path, regardless of what is shown on the legs.
That's what I do. Either FAP/FAF or runway depending on where I come from. Usually at 30nm if the required V/S to make the actual
VB is around at 1500-1600 fpm at 250 kts then I'm in good shape. When it indicates around 2.2° I decelerate in V/S with a rate of descent of around 700 fpm. Still perfecting it, but works a treat to get continuous CDA.
The only colleagues I've seen using it are ex-Air Force pilots and those with a past on Embraer.