Emb-175 captain describes exceeding 250 knots below 10;000 ft while on descent. He mentions a new fi...

Narrative:

The aircraft was in cruise flight at 10;000FT. When we were cleared to 8;000FT; I had the speed set in manual; but at 290kts. At approximately 9;500FT; I noticed the error. I leveled the aircraft; set 250kts; and deployed the speed brakes. As I did this; ATC queried our speed and the first officer responded that we were slowing to 250kts. ATC later vectored us around traffic; but made no further comments regarding our speed. I do not know if the vector was related to our speed.approach duties such as the briefing; speed setting; and landing assessment are typically complete by this point in the flight. However; on this flight we were still performing these tasks; creating a higher than normal workload for this phase of flight.perhaps training could be made available regarding workload management with new first officers. This was the second leg off IOE for the first officer. I was entirely unprepared for how much my workload as a captain would increase with a new first officer. If someone had told me to mentally prepare myself for flying with an incapacitated pilot; I think I would have avoided the speed deviation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-175 Captain describes exceeding 250 knots below 10;000 FT while on descent. He mentions a new First Officer as a contributing factor for not noticing their speed.

Narrative: The aircraft was in cruise flight at 10;000FT. When we were cleared to 8;000FT; I had the speed set in Manual; but at 290kts. At approximately 9;500FT; I noticed the error. I leveled the aircraft; set 250kts; and deployed the speed brakes. As I did this; ATC queried our speed and the FO responded that we were slowing to 250kts. ATC later vectored us around traffic; but made no further comments regarding our speed. I do not know if the vector was related to our speed.Approach duties such as the briefing; speed setting; and landing assessment are typically complete by this point in the flight. However; on this flight we were still performing these tasks; creating a higher than normal workload for this phase of flight.Perhaps training could be made available regarding workload management with new First Officers. This was the second leg off IOE for the FO. I was entirely unprepared for how much my workload as a Captain would increase with a new FO. If someone had told me to mentally prepare myself for flying with an incapacitated pilot; I think I would have avoided the speed deviation.

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	1325840
Time
Date	201601
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Speed All Types

Emb-175 captain describes exceeding 250 knots below 10;000 ft while on descent. He mentions a new first officer as a contributing factor for not noticing their speed.