Dns, it's the actual speed that is the issue, not necessarily the C.I. Each airlines speeds are derived from their particular C.I, and they won't necessarily be the same speed, even if same a/c at same level etc. The speed the C.I generates for the a/c varies with the inputs made by the airline with regard to fuel, maintenance, lease, crewing, and any other **** they dream up. It all goes into the formula, and spits out an answer. Change any of the variables and you get a different speed. What you need the companies to provide is the actual tas. Which you get, I believe. As far as telling the bean counters how to run things, well, you know how that goes. We see the result of their meddling, complain, but often zero happens. Couple of months of this **** will give an easily definable pattern for them to quietly drop it as the stupid idea it may be. If you want to know how much input flight ops often has, ask yourself who's idea buying ejits was
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