Cosmo.
So, you don't like climb gradients.
To your first point in the thread: The required gradient is an average over the procedure, so yes it may drop off in the turns.
Where is the misunderstanding that my post underlines so well. A gradient can be translated into a rate of climb which is a ball park way of learning if we might survive our plan to follow a certain procedure in the event of a contingency. It's not perfect, but just because you don't like it doesn't invalidate it. Please explain. I don't pretend to know everything about this, but it's what we do. Looking out the window is great, when you can, but for other days I need a hook.
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