Originally Posted by
AerocatS2A
What’s the benefit of using an RTA rather than just put in a different cost index? Any, we just use selected speed to go fast and enter a new descent speed for a more accurate profile calc.
good points, some Captains think (correctly or incorrectly) that dispatch or big brother is watching Cost Index changes and therefore they would rather pull speed.
My argument is pulling speed means one more thing to "monitor" and Airbus wants you to fly as managed as possible at all times. So I am looking at the other methods to fly faster/slower in a managed scenario.
Thank you to everyone for the points and feedback