my flight got delayed but the pilot said they would go faster to make up for lost time and we ended up arriving early. This got me thinking why can’t planes always go at this faster speed?
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Its funny that this hasn’t been mentioned, yet I’ve experienced this a couple of times. I’ve been in flights where the pilot has requested a change in altitude so they can catch a better tailwind. I was on a corporate Learjet rigged out as an ambulance (I mention this as the option may not be available on commercial airliners) and they requested an increase in altitude. It was a while ago, but we crossed from California to Toronto in a lot less time. He mentioned the relative ground speed and it was insane.
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