I'm not normally a mole supporter but I'm at a loss here. I've only operated through ANC in the A340 and climb as rapidly as possible is VREF+10 for us. The reason is to avoid the VFR traffic at lower levels. We dont want to accelerate at the normal 1500' AGL for this reason.
I fail to see how accelerating to VREF+50 avoids the close in VFR traffic traveling up and down the coastlines. Surely it's initial climb angle that we want is it not?
Sorry about not being conversant about Boeing Ops but I'm suprised at the difference! Am I missing something here?
[This message has been edited by Thrust (edited 10 February 2001).]