Originally Posted by
Trip7
Unless you are 20+ miles out flaps 5 240kts is not that inefficient and retracting the flaps in the approach environment on a slick wing plane like the 73 doesn't sound optimal. All this does fall into the realm of technique and is trivial. Enough that I wouldnt say anything unless it was absurd like 40 miles out.
By your logic we should rewrite our whole flap retraction procedure on initial climb. Slick wing and all.
Since we are on the topic of inefficiency, verbally verifying the WDR when both pilots clearly can read it silently and independently is what I call terribly inefficient
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Do you really think that flying 10 knots below the placard speed is not inefficient? What’s the point? Do you really think a 737 is going to fall out of the sky because you don’t have Flaps 5 in the terminal environment? I routinely wait until 10 knots
above the min speed before selecting the next flap setting. All it takes is a gust to put you into the clacker. And a flap overspeed is a lot bigger deal than exceeding Mmo in cruise.
As far as the WDR analysis is concerned, I’m onboard with independent and silent analysis. And since you raised the issue I’m happy to see the fleet leadership has toned down the “dwell time,” admonishments and emphasized slow and careful analysis
prior to taxi — as evidenced in a recent fleet newsletter.