Originally Posted by
Newstick189
It’s easy to say FL22 is the way to go, until you run a landing data request through ACARS with FL22 and RC5 and all of a sudden you need a 7800 foot piece of pavement to land on. Wind credit you say? Yeah, that never makes up the 3000 foot difference between FL45 and FL22. I believe this was by design.
Not only is it a cultural push to be a FL45 company at PDT, management is forcing our hand with the new RC code implementation.
It is a culture of confusion. Conflicting information in the manuals, which the FAA and company all sign off on (supposedly). Meanwhile, other operators have different criteria...I have read 5 knots is the buffer at Envoy...what is it at TSA/Expressjet/Commutair/VIA Air? We are terrible at benchmarking anything around here. Is it Embraer or FAA that has an issue? I need more clarification than a vague FIL (with no supporting info) and an unofficial Facebook group posting.