Originally Posted by
CafeConLeche
This commonly happens on the 321. Fully loaded yesterday takeoff weight was a little over 200,000lbs. Cleaned up after departing cruising at 250kts below 10K we were 3knots above green dot. These airbuses are pigs. I can’t imagine the 321XLR.
which means absolutely nothing. Green Dot is not some evil no-mans land. If you hit EXPED climb button, it climbs at, drum roll, green dot.
Not sure if "Airbuses" are pigs any more than "a fully loaded airliner is a pig".
Do a TOGA takeoff on a NEO with a lightly loaded airplane and it climbs like a scalded ape