I too have on occasion been a little frustrated by JMC and the 250 below Fl00
SOP. You know the situation, its been a
frustrating day, you are trying to make up
a bit of time to keep the programme in some
sort of order and here is matey wombling in
at 250 when ATC would in all probability be
happy to let him keep high-speed. Yes - I
know its probably does not make a great deal
of difference but it just seems so annoying
at the time.
Now before the legal beagles have a go, a
couple of riders need to be added to the above. In crappy weather, areas of difficult
terrain, busy GA situations etc - there is no
point in risking anything by going balls-out
but in a correctly controlled ATCenvironment application of a higher speed descent
profile should be an option at the commanders
discretion - and I do not mean high speed
downwind or 250 to the marker - I've seen them all over the years.
Not a problem in the winter however - JMC
aircraft seem to be parked up most of the time - oops only joking !