This is the crux of Rat's point;
So why are we encouraged to max it down to 10,000? I repeat, in real life ear drums have been burst by just such action. A max descent to 14,000' can be argued for, but surely a more relaxed 1500fpm to 12,000' and then 1000fpm to 10,000' will be more than adequate.
I think it's worthwhile to examine it and take it slightly beyond being just an opinion so I asked
where does the the greatest risk lie?
and
Does anyone have any examples or stats on burst eardrums during emergency descents?
in one post. I didn't get an answer so in my next post I wrote
I just thought it worth while seeing if there were any examples in the real world of the eardrum burst.
and
Of the examples of burst eardrums, how many burst as the air escaped their sinuses as opposed to bursting in the last 4000ft of descent as the thicker air entered their sinuses?
The questions and statements above that I made haven't really been addressed. That's fine, I was just hoping to take it beyond individual opinions and preferences and get some more detailed information so that we could debate based on that.
I'm still keen to do that because, like I said, I think Rat has raised an interesting subject.