ATC controller directed a B-737 crew inbound to ewr to descend to 7000 ft during the arrival and to ...

Narrative:

Approximately 20 miles southwest of rbv inbound to ewr; and level at 10000 feet and about 305 kts; we received a clearance from ATC to; 'descend to 7000 and keep your current speed below 10000 to 7000. I'll tell you when to slow'. We confirmed the clearance and I started a descent to 7000 at 305 kts. After several minutes at 7000 we received a hand off without a speed reduction. We queried the next controller about our speed and his response was; 'I don't care'. At that point I slowed to 250 kts. The rest of the flight was uneventful. It wasn't clear to me at the time that ATC is not authorized to clear me for a speed above 250 below 10000 feet and I should have rejected the clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATC controller directed a B-737 crew inbound to EWR to descend to 7000 ft during the arrival and to keep the aircraft speed at 305 knots below 10;000 ft altitude.

Narrative: Approximately 20 miles SW of RBV inbound to EWR; and level at 10000 feet and about 305 kts; we received a clearance from ATC to; 'descend to 7000 and keep your current speed below 10000 to 7000. I'll tell you when to slow'. We confirmed the clearance and I started a descent to 7000 at 305 kts. After several minutes at 7000 we received a hand off without a speed reduction. We queried the next controller about our speed and his response was; 'I don't care'. At that point I slowed to 250 kts. The rest of the flight was uneventful. It wasn't clear to me at the time that ATC is not authorized to clear me for a speed above 250 below 10000 feet and I should have rejected the 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.

Attributes
ACN	1691566
Time
Date	201910
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types

ATC controller directed a B-737 crew inbound to ewr to descend to 7000 ft during the arrival and to keep the aircraft speed at 305 knots below 10;000 ft altitude.