Originally Posted by
Smooth Airperator
The Flysmart Takeoff performance calculated Engine Out Acceleration Altitude for most airports with no terrain considerations is 800ft AGL. What happened to the days of 1500 AGL as a rule? I keep on telling guys that this is simply a minimum and I can adjust it to a higher value (limited by TOGA time limit) if I wanted to. Seems we have a lot of monkey say, monkey do going on. I'm being asked "where is it written that you can change it?" It's common sense that you probably don't want to be accelerating at 800ft AGL out of LGW given 3 GA airfields in close proximity. Thoughts?
Many LCCs use 800 ft THR RED/ACC ALT where possible for fuel saving. 1500/3000 was for noise abetment. So it depends on company policy.