Originally Posted by
Confused
Single engine taxi and APU stuff obviously. Keeping it clean as long as possible on approach and trying to get as close to a power off decent as possible. Also its a big waste when someone avoids a buildup by 20 miles and gets way off course.
I hate that.
That twenty miles is better than a hailstone through your windscreen (if you're downwind, of course).
Agreed about keeping it clean. It blows me away when a Captain will call for flaps 20, just to bump the thrust up to compensate for drag. Bring the power back
first. Then, and only then, if you still need to go down faster, dirty it up a bit.
Common sense, people!