Quote Originally Posted by DHG750R
Guys , Kalitta flies out of EWR for the US Postal service . carrying mail to the troops . routing is EWR-LGG-BAH-KWI If they are using one of their many 747-100's , you can expect a slow and low climbout.
Yea, but 4,000' over College Point after an EWR departure is abnormal.

And the 5,000' feet, from what I've seen and heard, is just a "fixed" ceiling. Most a/c are told to climb higher well before they reach 5,000 feet.