While adhering to the SERFR1 STAR into ksfo; a medium transport flight crew exceeded 200 knots below...

Narrative:

Flying the new arrival into sfo; the SERFR1; we were given the clearance to 'descend via' except maintain 6;000 feet after epick. It's been my experience that when flying an unfamiliar procedure with required speeds and altitudes that getting to the bottom of an altitude 'window' is safest. Upon crossing epick and commencing a descent from 10;000 feet to 6;000 feet; we slowed from 280KTS to 250KTS passing below 10;000 feet and kept the speed until needing to slow to 240KTS at eddyy. At some point we were told by norcal that we were exiting the class B and would re-enter the bravo in a couple miles. This led to some confusion on our part because the speed limit below a class B is 200KTS but the arrival requires that we be at 240KTS at eddyy. We were unaware that following the clearance and the arrival would put us at odds with 91.117.the root cause is the new arrival procedure; SERFR1; that permits descents below the floor of the sfo class B airspace while requiring airspeeds greater than 200KTS. I suggest a revision of the SERFR1 that will keep aircraft on that arrival inside the sfo class B while descending. Additionally I suggest that norcal not allow descents below the class B while giving alternate altitudes to the arrival. Finally I suggest that pilots be made aware of this and plan appropriately to keep themselves in compliance with 91.117 by staying at or above the class B floor.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: While adhering to the SERFR1 STAR into KSFO; a Medium Transport Flight Crew exceeded 200 knots below the SFO Class B airspace. It was identified that the design of this arrival led to the inadvertent operation below the Class B altitude floor.

Narrative: Flying the new arrival into SFO; the SERFR1; we were given the clearance to 'descend via' except maintain 6;000 feet after EPICK. It's been my experience that when flying an unfamiliar procedure with required speeds and altitudes that getting to the bottom of an altitude 'window' is safest. Upon crossing EPICK and commencing a descent from 10;000 feet to 6;000 feet; we slowed from 280KTS to 250KTS passing below 10;000 feet and kept the speed until needing to slow to 240KTS at EDDYY. At some point we were told by NorCal that we were exiting the Class B and would re-enter the Bravo in a couple miles. This led to some confusion on our part because the speed limit below a Class B is 200KTS but the arrival requires that we be at 240KTS at EDDYY. We were unaware that following the clearance and the arrival would put us at odds with 91.117.The root cause is the new arrival procedure; SERFR1; that permits descents below the floor of the SFO Class B airspace while requiring airspeeds greater than 200KTS. I suggest a revision of the SERFR1 that will keep aircraft on that arrival inside the SFO Class B while descending. Additionally I suggest that NorCal not allow descents below the Class B while giving alternate altitudes to the arrival. Finally I suggest that pilots be made aware of this and plan appropriately to keep themselves in compliance with 91.117 by staying at or above the Class B floor.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1248447
Time
Date	201503
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	NCT.TRACON
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR SERFR1
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types

While adhering to the SERFR1 STAR into ksfo; a medium transport flight crew exceeded 200 knots below the sfo class B airspace. It was identified that the design of this arrival led to the inadvertent operation below the class B altitude floor.