Originally Posted by tubby linton
The A332 will descend very rapidly with the speed brakes out.I remember flying into a Caribbean airfield and there was a very poor handover between the sector controllers. which kept us high.Once we were eventually cleared for descent the aircraft was descending in excess of the ASI v/s limit of 6000ft/min with the brakes out.
That's probably true for the initial pitch down when you intentionally let the speed to increase to VMO with idle thrust but soon the ROD will decrease and you certainly won't lose 36000 in 6 minutes that way.
The 330 is more known as a great glider that just wants to fly.