Minimum ROD
As an ex ATCO who defected to the other side I'm hearing some strange ideas from some of my pilot colleagues. As far as I was aware the min. rate of descent is 500fpm as per UKAIP. If you guys want anything else you'll tell us - right? Lots of people I work with seem to think that you want us to descend much more quickly, especially in the holding patterns, just in case there's someone descending on top of us! But what about if the guy below is descending at the legal minimum? As far as I'm concerned if we're going to be holding for ages then there's no rush to get down - but I'd like to hear your views.