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DrDHD 09-07-2021 12:43 PM


Originally Posted by Ed Force One (Post 3291662)
Just remember that ASAP access has moved to a new app.

Never had an issue with a 20 knot reduction using that method but thanks

TrojanCMH 09-07-2021 01:56 PM


Originally Posted by Ed Force One (Post 3291662)
Just remember that ASAP access has moved to a new app.


Hahah


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dualinput 09-07-2021 02:16 PM


Originally Posted by Ed Force One (Post 3291662)
Just remember that ASAP access has moved to a new app.

VS is probably one of the best techniques to slow down and get down at the same time. As opposed to what you see every single day which is selected slower speed, aircraft pitches up to slow down and flys off profile, now you watch as they battle to get back on profile. Sometimes unable to, and when in the terminal area sometimes leading to an unstable approach.

DrDHD 09-07-2021 02:33 PM


Originally Posted by dualinput (Post 3291698)
VS is probably one of the best techniques to slow down and get down at the same time. As opposed to what you see every single day which is selected slower speed, aircraft pitches up to slow down and flys off profile, now you watch as they battle to get back on profile. Sometimes unable to, and when in the terminal area sometimes leading to an unstable approach.

this right here - thank you

Tranquility 09-07-2021 06:44 PM

Open descent for a 1,000ft. descent…. Gotta love those who do it…..

CincoDeMayo 09-08-2021 06:27 AM


Originally Posted by Tranquility (Post 3291788)
Open descent for a 1,000ft. descent…. Gotta love those who do it…..

Only thing worse are those who pull for open descent at altitude.

FNGFO 09-08-2021 06:29 AM


Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER (Post 3290734)
Don’t worry. All that advanced, techno, niceties will be ripped out by SWA. Oh, and say goodbye to your sunshades, too 🙄

I keeeeeed (sort of).

Our ice detector is a stick that protrudes from the center post of the windscreen. NK’s 320’s are about as bare boned as Airbii get. Just slap the heart over our most admired company badge, fill our carts with peanuts and hold onto the buses until we’re relatively sure someone won’t dig any more ditches with a Max.

69fastback 09-08-2021 07:13 AM


Originally Posted by Ed Force One (Post 3291662)
Just remember that ASAP access has moved to a new app.

lol....that’s funny

Halon1211 09-09-2021 09:19 PM


Originally Posted by Tranquility (Post 3291788)
Open descent for a 1,000ft. descent…. Gotta love those who do it…..

What amateur! I just press the Expedite button

Fah2 09-10-2021 09:39 AM


Originally Posted by Halon1211 (Post 3293019)
What amateur! I just press the Expedite button

This is a scary button that should ONLY be used in “extreme” or “emergency” situations…. Or so I was told years ago in a grave and solemn tone after using it to clear some weather in the low 20’s climbing out of LAX.

Since then my cockpit prep consists of covering it up with a post-it note with his initial reaction “NO!”


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