Originally Posted by captjns

I appreciate your comment, and agree. But the approach along with speeds and performance are briefed, usually before TOD. We may adjust the bug speed as appropriate to reported wind conditions prior to commencing the approach. However, dynamics, due to turbulence, unexpected wind shifts may require a bit of extra speed, which should be brought to the NFP attention.

However speed creep of a couple of knots either way is just not worth chasing and may cause one to destabilize their approach.

We operate the -800 into an airport that has about 5,900' of ALD with 189 paxs and R/T fuel to boot.