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Old 19th Dec 2021, 16:31
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Originally Posted by Broomstick Flier
One can always learn something from the others, in this case not to get into the yellow band with this particular colleague again

And we were indeed speed restricted by ATC, so increasing the speed was not available for us at the time, to make things worse we were slightly overweight for the approach (due to a flight planning mistake) and the idea was to descent in FLCH, with speed brakes and added power to burn the fuel (yes, ugly, I know).

Thanks for great answers so far,
Ah well, sometimes it can’t be pretty and no matter what your plans and your best intentions it all goes out the window.

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