Originally Posted by burnable-gomi
Makes things go nice and quick when you can do 240kts (or whatever that below 8000' barber pole was) to 5 miles or drop it in over a mountain from 10,000 feet with 10 miles to run. Not to mention avoiding a lengthy departure procedure by climbing at 5000'/min to get over that mountain on the way out.
You could slow a Q400 down from 240kts at 5 miles on the ILS? And climb at 5,000fpm? Are you sure you've actually flown the Q400?