Jinglied,
"Below 10,000ft AAL, the max speed shall be limited to the GREATER of 250kts OR flaps up manouvering/clean speed, unless
a) the arrival or dep requires a higher speed or
b) a higher speed is requested by ATC
The speed limit is mandatory below 5000ft AAL".
( the speed limit in this instance being 250kts or clean speed)
Now i dont know what clean speed was on that day but maybe for such a long sector length it was above 250kts in which case acceleration to the clean speed would have been i.a.w company sops.
Last edited by Instant Hooligan; 9th Jul 2010 at 07:34.