ROD Requirements
 

Had a discussion in the cockpit the other night about the MINIMUM rate of descent ATC expect once cleared to leave a level. We could not find a JAR OPS reference in our Jepps.
Could someone please shed some light on this for me.

500fpm rings a bell.I am sure i will be corrected if wrong.:ok: :ok: :ok:

:ok: UK rule is minimum 500fpm for climb or descent. If unable to comply, then ATC must be advised.

Appears in ENR section of the UK AIP.

bundybear
 

ATC are used to an a/c descending at a reduced rate until intercepting nominal profile as determined by the FMS. This has led to a whole range of control methods which some years ago would not have been necessary when an a/c would perform in a fashion typical of type, and ATC experience of traffic handling was a little simpler. The question is a good one, and very relevant to modern high density controlling.

More than 500fpm climb/descent, and less than 1000fpm in the last 1000ft to level-off in RVSM airspace.

Desafinado, don't flame me, but isn't what you are quoting, referred to as standard rate of descent, rather than minimum rate of descent. I can't find it in the books either, but minimum 500ft per minute rings a bell.