PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Reducing thrust in cruise for overspeed
View Single Post
Old 29th Apr 2014, 13:05
  #16 (permalink)  
ImbracableCrunk
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Ankh Morpork, DW
Posts: 652
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
I flew with a CA recently who balked at my use of speed brake in mountain wave to avoid an overspeed. I told him about the "Bodie Maneuver" issue with N1 spool times and what the FCTM directs us to do.

His response, "I'd rather write up an exceedance than use speedbrakes in cruise."
ImbracableCrunk is offline