Regulated Airspeed trial - All flts inbound to LONDON TMA
will be required to fly a designated IAS in the descent of
270kts within an 80-100nm radius. Level clearances as
directed by ATC will not change and are mandatory.
This will result in improvements to average holding times
on arrival. Crews should note that holding and landing
sequences are set 40mins prior to arrival.This procedure
will not disadvantage your place in the arrival sequence
...may be look similar to an extract from our NOTAM brief
I don't like it from a pilot pov for reasons mentioned with regard to energy management. As LH we don't do this every day so there is some confusion as some pilots pre-plan a 270 kt descent and others the normal 300 kts ish (777) Sounds like its a roaring success. Mmmm