Originally Posted by
Nycpilot1
Random question for you B6 pilots. Several weeks ago a friend was on a flight from Florida and the captain made a PA saying they would be leaving the gear down for several minutes after departure, so the extra sound didn't spook the passengers. Then a few weeks ago I was flying out of HPN and heard the pilot tell the same thing to ATC that they would be leaving their gear down for several minutes on departure.
What was the reason for this?
On the 190, one sensor being inop has a procedure to leave the gear down for 7 mins after departure, taking a fuel penalty as well.
There is a note in the procedure to raise the gear in the event of an engine failure after V1.
Nothing like this on the 320 side.