Originally Posted by cosmo
With climb and descent you have the luxury that you can trade altitude to absorb the speed variations, hence it makes sense to choose an airspeed that is in the approximately center of the speed band. In level flight you don't have that luxury,
- I think we have different FCTMs? What does yours say again? 1.50 is my page.
"Allow altitude and airspeed to vary and maintain attitude"?
For the record I never experienced severe turbulence in the Boeing.
- I have - in a 200 over the Pyrenees. Not fun and requiring an emergency descent.
IF you have an EADI with buffet indicators on it, surely the best speed is half-way? 0.76 (NG) is a good ball park but not set in stone..