Originally Posted by
Johnny F@rt Pants
300kts for engine fail in the cruise? Seems a tad high.
It is the airbus standard strategy. .78/300kias for descent. However, the obstacle strategy is to reduce to green dot and keep that until clear of obstacles, then increase to standard strategy speeds. For ETOPS you might have to fly a fixed speed strategy depending on your ops manual.
The standard strategy is designed to keep the aircraft inside the windmilling engine start envelope.