Tha' what?
1st Nov 2003, 23:47
Hi Chaps,
I was talking to the skipper about big jets rate of descent and he told me that most SOP's are to keep RoD below 1000 fpm!
With the medium size bizjet that I fly we usually work out top of drop using 3 x change in level i.e FL300 = 90 miles, which gives us on average 250 KIAS and 2000 fpm descent.
Any big jet guys care to comment on descent rates because I may be getting to the stage where I may need to know the answer, if you know what I mean!
Tha' What?
I was talking to the skipper about big jets rate of descent and he told me that most SOP's are to keep RoD below 1000 fpm!
With the medium size bizjet that I fly we usually work out top of drop using 3 x change in level i.e FL300 = 90 miles, which gives us on average 250 KIAS and 2000 fpm descent.
Any big jet guys care to comment on descent rates because I may be getting to the stage where I may need to know the answer, if you know what I mean!
Tha' What?