Originally Posted by
Vikz09
Looks like we can look forward to acars messages that read: hub adjustment speed increase, too, hair on fire speed so you don't time out. Please acknowledge IMMEDIATELY your received and update your arrival time.
This is going to be a cluster if they push flights above 830. I wonder if we will be receiving calls from the CPO to discuss why you went 20 minutes over block and forced us to cancel or delay the return flight?
This cracks me up on the 737. It does M0.795. Basically ~250 KIAS from shortly after rotation to shortly before touch down. Any faster, it chirps at you and sends reports to Virginia Ave. Any slower and it shakes the yoke and sends reports to Virginia Ave. + the Standards Pro's.
Long story short, the real difference between "TCI SLOW" and "TCI FAST" is about 5 knots, which is less than the difference when an enroute controller looks and says "Southwest goes first" ... "Delta, turn 20 degrees right."
The only meaningful speed up is going down to 27,000 to 31,000 feet and getting into the fat part of the MACH / TAS curve. Delta's not going to burn the gas to do that and if they did Captains would ask for higher and be proud of the fact they're "making profit sharing."
Of course the -900 might force the operation down into the "speed zone."