Any solution to this problem ?
Do you fly with any ex-Ansett A320 pilots?
We had a descent card. It was fantastic. Most blokes within the community would hit 1000' and the power would come up- with an idle descent from 35000'.
Weight, wind and speed were the obvious factors and major variables.
The airplane was flown hard and fast. Meeting ATC gate requirements- 20 track miles 300 to 340kts and 5000-6000'.
VNAV was used as a back-up and only ever proved its worth on complex STARS. Or VNAV was tricked by crew to thinking it had more miles to run- final waypoint to airfield, then the ILS approach strung out separately worked a treat. 250 below 10 didn't exist either.
Great days. Domestic Oz flying was corrupted when QF long haul started flying short haul routes.