Originally Posted by
sailingfun
I would read the FAR. You are confusing minimum clean speed with minimum safe speed. It's not unsafe to extend slats or flaps. On climb out you can exceed 250 if clean is higher however that does not apply to below class bravo. The climb out portion is a specific FAA interpretation.
I'm not sure that's correct - I don't think the speed limit is restricted to 200KIAS or less if it requires you to stay configured - operational or safety necessity would negate that. In this case, operational, and I'd settle for clean speed.
Fwiw, there's a note on the flight plan leaving MDW stating the Class B speed limit should not be complied with - overhead ORD airspace starts at 3,600. Odd that if this is an issue at all, TRACON can waive it with a handshake agreement.