Originally Posted by
MAWK90
What cities are you referring too? According the FOM:
"a continuous descent until established on final reduces noise and conserves fuel. Descend at cruise mach/290KTS/250KTS unless directed otherwise by ATC or modifed by CFM."
You are correct, it's no longer in the FOM. Our CFM has this:
NOTE
For arrivals into KMEM, KIND, and SFS
comply with FOM Descent speed profile
(cruise mach/290KTS/250KTS).
I guess we have our own version.