Could one of you kind Departure-types help me with a question that's been bugging me for a little while now.
If I'm on a LAM departure from LGW I'm obviously going north and it would be jolly nice to get going that way quicker, rather than attempt to reach AMS first. But what's the best way to do this in the grand ATC plan? Is it better to whizz out eastbound (assuming 'no speed restriction', of course) and try to get abeam/beyond LAM, 'cos that always seems to be where you turn us. Or is it better to keep the speed back and go for a better angle of climb so that you can get us high over London and on our way beyond the Watford Gap?
And while I'm at it, who gets the great job on 130.92? Do you have to draw names or is it reserved for Mr/Mrs Senior. "Climb FL210 and contact 127.1", what a great sector for max coffee drinking time
Cheers y'all,
Recover
PS: If you could make the standard call on the LAM dep of "Hdg 095, climb FL 90" I could win a lot more beer
