Originally Posted by
ORDinary
I do it because it is fun, and after this many thousands of hours in an easy to fly RJ, I know by now what it can do (not because I'm chuck yeager, anyone would). I am fully aware that other jets have to be slowed sooner. Even the 145 can't do it with no headwind or when heavy, stabilization then would be later than 1000', so I don't do it then. My mindset is to fly the plane within its limits, as I do now.
Also the ORD controllers appreciate it when they give "or greater" to the marker.
All valid points, I won't drift this thread anymore, but at least consider this. Is an airplane full of passengers really the place to be doing things because it's "fun"? If it's not really necessary.
When you come screaming over the marker at 250, scoop the power to idle, dangle the dunlops, making all that noise, and then the pitch change as the flaps come out right on speed, all the while getting closer to the ground. That probably makes the nervous, or even first time fliers pretty uncomfortable. Even if it's legal and within limits, it has a pretty good chance of scaring the revenue stream in the back.
If the controllers say "or better" they are planning on you doing the minimum speed, and there is always the magic word "unable".