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Originally Posted by Chris_Ford  That's a horrible way to do it. Your company's protocol is there for a reason. ATC decompression, fuel savings, whatever. Don't just do "what you think works" because often there are plenty of reasons that it doesn't necessarily work. |
I agree, the company's climb profile should be followed whenever practical.
At my airline it's either 250/290/.60 or 250/290/.65 depending on the aircraft type.
If I'm overweight or running behind schedule I may ask ATC permission to climb at 600 fpm which will burn a few extra pounds and get you there a few minutes faster most of the time. Occasions where I do that are very rare. I'm sure in the citiation 600 fpm will put you through redline, but on a full RJ it will give you somewhere in the neighborhood of 300/.70M.
Most of the mainline jets seem to climb at barber pole (or close to it) from my experience in the j/s.