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Originally Posted by BobDDuck  Is there some sort of MEL or procedure that would have an ERJ climb out with flaps 9 through 11000 feet?
My only thought was it was bumpy down low and it was for an improved climb rate (think short field take off on steriods). |
Not necessarily.
Under certain special airports, the flaps are left at 9 degrees to out climb terrain (KRNO comes to mind). The flaps (at ExpressJet) should be retracted after reaching acceleration height. Even on the after takeoff checklist, both pilots are to verify the flaps are indicating 0.
The Vfe on flaps 9 is 250 KIAS and FL200. Typically after 10,000', you're accelerating from 240 to 290. Lets hope there wasn't a flap over-speed! Yikes!