DCS departure from EDI 24
The vertical profile of this route contains an interesting feature.
At I-TH 14d, there is the BAA standard 6000' level point.
At I-TH 19d, there is a note on the SID to expect FL100, and to inform ATC if unable to comply.
That gives 5 miles to climb 4000' on an ISA day, at 250 kts (below FL100). You'd have to get a wiggle on - that gives you about 1 minute to do the climb
Now, the points I would like to make are
a) Nobody seems to know why the restriction is there.
b) Pilots seem to be unaware of it (they generally think the 19d point is the turn point towards TRN).
c) On occasions when I have managed to get anybody in ATC to comment on it, they have said that it wasn't an issue "today", with no explanation.
d) So why have a restriction which is verging on unflyable, and which won't be enforced anyway?
In actual fact, it is rarely an issue, since you normally get a clearance to FL250 before you reach 6000'.
I strongly suspect that the EDI DCS and GLA NGY SID's were drawn by somebody who has never been in an aeroplane, anyway, they seem to go so far in the wrong direction.