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Old 14th July 2007 | 02:15
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A37575
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and still slightly high you may also go for flaps 1/2/5 keeping the speed at around 210/220. that creates way more drag and you are already configured and slow.
From the 737 FCTM:

"Normally, descend with idle thrust and in clean configuration (no speedbrakes)...the speed brake may be used to correct the descent profile if arriving too high or too fast...plan the descent to arrive at traffic pattern altitude at flaps up manaoevering speed approximately 12 miles from the runway...losing airspeed can be difficult and may require a level flight segment. The flaps are not normally used for increasing descent rate. Normal descents are made in the clean configuration to pattern or instrument approach altitude. When thrust requirements for anti-icing result in less than normal descent rates with speed brakes extended, or if higher than normal descent rates are required by ATC clearance, the landing gear can be used to increase the rate of descent."

Using the flaps for more drag is incorrect technique and is at no stage mentioned as a recommended technique in the Boeing 737 FCTM.
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