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Old 8th Feb 2017, 22:41
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Originally Posted by Reid
You might want to have another look at your maths.
There was never any intention to be accurate. I was merely making the point that just because you did over 5% at some stage and then you do less, it's not the average that counts, it's a minimum of 5% at any point on the SID.

Originally Posted by Reid
Apart from anything else, it would be much more difficult (though not impossible) for an ANSP or regulator to monitor instantaneous climb gradients in order to detect infringements.
Why would they bother? The company EO procedure may well ignore the SID requirements...
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