Hands up anybody who has a worry of level excedance of 150' plus at 39000' in RVSM....
Hands up those who fear it is only a matter of time in the busier TMA's of today.....
Guess what? I hear some LOCO companies are encouraging their pilots to speed up above 250kts soon after flap retraction in the London TMA.
The gain would be quick exit of the busy TMA but this tendency for quick and immediate high speed poses more threat to safety than approach to cleared altitude in RVSM.
Verily I say unto thee,
It is the commercial pressure of today that is going to record us the next incident.
ATC could help by not automatically giving free speed soon after t/o but just work with the constraint of flying 250kts to FL100, like everywhere else. After all, no speed can be fast enough unless you are travelling at mach 6 or so.
BE SMART! BE WISE!!
Last edited by UNEASY; 4th May 2004 at 22:30.