Originally Posted by
morno
Depends, if you are told about it beforehand, you can plan for it and I see no reason to be getting out of shape.
Why do so many people make this job look so difficult, it’s not rocket science and doing a high speed descent should be a normal low risk task
Hence, and to quote myself, “
The answer should be NO unless there is clear evidence for a YES”
I fly with a lot of pilots who have the opposite approach. They lack the ability to approach decision points with any critical thinking. For these types, TEM is either too hard or displays some level of weakness. They also fail to recognise that system is set up to point the finger at us. ATC, flight operations et al, will always say “they could have said NO, but they didn’t, not our fault.”
The thrust of my post was that people need to slow down, spend a few seconds thinking about the cost of the gains they seek. Believe me, you repent at leisure.