Originally Posted by
ATCsaidDoWhat
While it's still too early to know, I wonder if the Air France guys had the same attitude flying in the ITCZ in turbulence? I doubt it, but gee, guess it would have been OK, huh?
Nice to know that you seem to think it's OK to do it. I'm guessing that if you hit turbulence at the same time, you would make your own determination about whether or not to write it up?
Thanks. Remind me to not fly your bird after you. Or let you fly mine. I love surprises too, but not the ones that can bite me or others in the ass unwittingly.
And we wonder why the media rags on us.........
It's usually unexpected turbulence that sends the indicated airspeed a few knots above Vmo, and then only for a second or two. I've had cases where I was 20 below the pole, hit a patch of rough air, and was instantly sent above the pole. It called for an immediate power reduction, obviously. It's never to be deliberately exceeded, but it can happen, unexpectedly. Really, the only way to avoid it would be to fly 50 knots under the pole, all the time. That's not too efficient, in my opinion.