Originally Posted by
Electra
This. Who cares who's jet is fastest, I thought the point was to provide a nice ride for the passengers. They already think we're inexperienced nincompoops who are barely qualified to fly a kite, why do people feel like they have to give the public ammo in that domain? You'll impress me more planning your slowdown and descent early than you will pretending to be the space shuttle commander.
The discussion was about what can the plane do. That's it. You're getting mixed up between a general discussion about performance and SOP.