Originally Posted by
dera
If the airplane can be configured to that speed, you must fly that speed.
"Therefore, the pilot must operate the aircraft in the configuration to meet the requirements".
We are having pilot deviations from the topic so let's not ruin this thread any further.
Never had an issue departing PHNL nor PANC... By the grace of the Sky Gods, and this has been my experience from the mid ‘90s to the present, both FAA and Expat Ops.