Originally Posted by
usmc-sgt
We are not level with the power out. Where the problem lies is SOME pilots will be at 4 and get the "cross XXX at or above 3,000 cleared for...." and they pull power back to slow to flap speed while starting their descent. Somewhere lost in the process the airplane hits 3 and levels off meanwhile their power is still back. That is where the problems have been. Again, it is a rare problem but it associated only with poor piloting technique and skill and a lack of attention to detail.
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Remember way back when we were pre solo pilots and our instructor screamed, "Keep your hand on the throttle!."
Maybe he had something there.
Many of the folks I fly with keep a hand on the power levers when power is at a non-standard setting.... just so we remember to scan that air-speed-o-meter a little more frequently.