Originally Posted by
NuGuy
I read the "230 kts" note in the SLC PDC as an amendment to the SID. 230 goes in the climb page or MCP, and if they want something else, then they say "resume normal speed" or "delete speed restrictions" or whatever.
It's no different than if the tower or departure controller told you the same thing.
Nu
That is a correct interpretation of the PDC.... but that begs the question, why have all those speeds on the chart in the first place? It is yet another example of someone designing a procedure with no or minimal actual operational experience.