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Old 2nd August 2013 | 15:55
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A320 : fuel efficient descent

With CI=0 some a320's default to 250 as minimum, others 270.
Theoretically for minimum fuel (ci=0) you'd descend at green dot, but this is highly impractical. Also don't forget that we aim for minimum cost, rather than minimum fuel.
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