Originally Posted by
Delta1067
It's not so much a passenger comfort issue but an issue regarding flying the airplane efficently. Most speed brake use is the result of poor pilot planning. Use them if you need them but if it was your plane and your gas bill I'm sure you would use them much less.
Says the guy flying the 767/757. How many flights have you done in the 757 where you didn't have to use the boards? I can think of only a handful where I didn't have to use them on it.
The CRJ you can typically get away with not using them if you plan correctly because it slows down like a freaking brick, but come on... the plane you're flying right now goes completely contrary to what you just posted.
What is annoying is someone on the CRJ that doesn't realize that each "thunk" in the speedbrake detent is very perceptible in the back.