Airline man:
These tables end at acceleration altitude, but in many, if not the most cases, the requirement to maintain the gradient goes much higher (just check CDG for example: up to FL150 or until the SID limit). By the way, here we come to another issue: what to do with this gradient during acceleration and flap retraction?
Aeroncaman:
We are discussing how to determine before departure what vertical speed we will be able to maintain in given conditions.