Hi everybody!  This is the procedures used by a 727 captain for Delta Air Lines.  It works fine with ATP.  Suggestions, questions, comments are welcome.  Sébastien 71334,2062

CLIMB

- Takeoff thrust and 15 flaps to 1000' AGL, pitch to hold V2+10KIAS (15-18 deg)

- At 1000' AGL, reduce climb rate to 1000 fpm and begin flaps retraction (8-10 deg)

- At clean speed, reduce power and increase pitch to maintain clean speed until 3000'AGL (12 deg)

- At 3000'AGL, set climb power and accelerate to 250KIAS (7 deg)

- At 10 000' MSL, reduce climb to 1000 fpm and accelerate to 300KIAS (5 deg)

- Maintain IAS in climb until reaching cruise mach number, then maintain cruise mach for the rest of climb, level-off, and cruise.



DESCENT

- Calculate Top Of Descent (TOD): Altitude times 3 plus 20.

- At the TOD, start a 1000 fpm descent for 4 minutes at cruise mach -power reduction-.  Mach should remain constant

- 4000' lower (4min), increase descent rate to descend 1000' every 3 miles, usually 2500fpm.

- At  FL270, if airspeed is too high, use idle power

- At 14 000', idle power to slow

- At 10 000', slow to 250kts and 1500 fpm to maintain 250kts

- Maximum rate of descent below 5000'AGL is 2500fpm

- Maximum rate of descent below 2000' AGL is 1000fpm

- 2 NM from the LOM, lower the gear

- 1 NM from the LOM, flaps 25


Obviously, flaps settings will vary with aircraft and with weight.

If you have any more questions on all the procedures, takeoff, cruise landing, don't hesitate to ask me.  

				Sébastien
