Originally Posted by
MantisToboggan
Piedmont is saying to do it so that our groundspeed is lower, and therefore there’s a lower chance of the FMS blowing through course and into the prohibited area? Definitely not a noise issue
Not lower ground speed necessarily, but constant GS. Not accelerating at 1k. Accelerating at 3k, when well past it.
“By maintaining a constant speed on departure it will allow the FMS to sequence more accurately”