There are opportunities to be at idle from TOD to configured. Limited opportunities but they do exist.
Last night, FL390 to 800'AGL at full idle. Approx. 135 n.m. at idle. Fun.
Today, idle TOD until 1000' AGL. Granted ATC keep us slightly high so we needed partial speedbrakes to get back on profile(already near barber pole with too much energy, ergo partial speedbrakes(1/4?) for several minutes).
Last edited by misd-agin; 19th Aug 2008 at 22:03.
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