EDUC8-or
Well-Known Member
It is my understanding for turbojets the minimum speed ATC can assign in the terminal area is 210 knots unless you are within 20nm of the landing runway and the speed then becomes 170. Is there some sort of loophole that I missing?
Reason I'm asking is my company operates the CRJ-200, which doesn't have slats. The controllers at our biggest base are notorious for assigning 160 and even 150, sometimes beyond 20 miles from the landing runway. This causes us to configure off schedule and sometimes many miles out. Doesn't sound like a big deal, but when you configure off schedule you can miss things (like checklists).
Reason I'm asking is my company operates the CRJ-200, which doesn't have slats. The controllers at our biggest base are notorious for assigning 160 and even 150, sometimes beyond 20 miles from the landing runway. This causes us to configure off schedule and sometimes many miles out. Doesn't sound like a big deal, but when you configure off schedule you can miss things (like checklists).