Originally Posted by
easymxp
Not anymore. Or better initially yes but as soon as it enters a “capture zone” the profile is latched. This means the descent has priority over the speed and it can accelerate up to vmo-5 in order to keep the profile. (This for aircraft with descent profile optimization)
The latch isn’t part of DPO. Our latch aircraft don’t have DPO and our DPO aircraft don’t latch. It must be common for them to come together but they don’t have to be.