Descend B4 VPK/VKN/Taxul
Dear Veloo,
First of all I would like to wish you a very Happy Diwali (a belated one).
Last month while I was on dead-heading back to KUL, I woke up from my sleep as the plane start to descend. I realised that the plane was still away from VKN/VPK when it left its cruising level and than flew a level flight till passing Kuantan/Pekan.
Subsequently, it started to descend again towards KLIA on the STAR. This is first time I didn't feel any buffeting due to speedbrake deployment during the second phase of descend. The approach and the landing was smooth sailing.
I didn't asked the pilot what happened after we landed as I was in a hurry to be at home. I only assumed that the flight did a two stage descend profile, one before VKN/VPK and then a second descend while in KUL TMA. It works very well. Before this particular flight, it's always with buffeting sensation while descending into KLIA. So, my question is: is this a new way of controlling the traffic from the east sector?