Narrative:

On the arrival into ZZZ; ATC requested that we deviate from 250 knots below 10;000 in order to resolve possible conflict with VFR traffic. I asked controller several times if he wanted altitude or speed and he responded that he needed altitude and gave us a clearance to fly above 250 knots below 10;000 feet. We had an FAA examiner in the jump seat and upon arrival into ZZZ he inquired about the speed deviation. My first officer (first officer) and I explained to him the abnormal clearance.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 flight crew reported ATC approved speed above 250 knots below 10;000 feet; but were question by the Check Airman onboard who did not hear the clearance.

Narrative: On the arrival into ZZZ; ATC requested that we deviate from 250 knots below 10;000 in order to resolve possible conflict with VFR traffic. I asked controller several times if he wanted altitude or speed and he responded that he needed altitude and gave us a clearance to fly above 250 knots below 10;000 feet. We had an FAA Examiner in the jump seat and upon arrival into ZZZ he inquired about the speed deviation. My First Officer (FO) and I explained to him the abnormal clearance.

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.