B757 captain lamented the lack of any indication on arrival charts of where an aircraft landing at a...

Narrative:

On the EMZOH3 STAR into oak; I noticed the mandatory altitudes on the arrival; from the mynee fix inbound were below the sfo class B airspace; yet there were no mandatory airspeeds listed on the EMZOH3 STAR. Although oak is a secondary airport into the sfo area; it still has a class B airspace chart for sfo; but none of the arrival fixes are listed on that chart. This forces us to go to the low level enroute chart; zoom in until the class B 'wedding cake' is displayed; then go back and forth between that chart and the STAR chart; to see which waypoints might be below the floor of the class B. I believe this causes a lot of extra work in the enroute/arrival environment that could easily be avoided if all the stars that enter or fall below class B would have associated mandatory speeds and or verbiage telling crews specifically which waypoints are below class B if flown as a 'descent via' arrival. This is not an koak only problem; I have also seen it flying into ksjc; kbfi; ksna; kont; kdfw and places in the northeast USA. I have often been advised by ATC in the ny area that 'you are leaving class B airspace' which helps with speed planning to some degree; as long as you know if you are completely exiting class B and not just exiting one area to now be below another part of the same class B. Also keep in mind; they only tell you that you are leaving if you were already in it; if you are simply being vectored under it; there is no notification. In short; please update any STAR with speeds that comply with the class B requirements by either having mandatory speeds or a note stating aircraft must fly no faster than clean maneuvering speed at the affected waypoints.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 Captain lamented the lack of any indication on arrival charts of where an aircraft landing at a secondary airport will pass below or arrive below the Class B veil; requiring a 200 knot speed restriction.

Narrative: On the EMZOH3 STAR into OAK; I noticed the mandatory altitudes on the arrival; from the MYNEE fix inbound were below the SFO Class B airspace; yet there were no mandatory airspeeds listed on the EMZOH3 STAR. Although OAK is a secondary airport into the SFO area; it still has a CLASS B Airspace chart for SFO; but none of the arrival fixes are listed on that chart. This forces us to go to the low level enroute chart; zoom in until the CLASS B 'Wedding cake' is displayed; then go back and forth between that chart and the STAR chart; to see which waypoints might be below the floor of the CLASS B. I believe this causes a lot of extra work in the enroute/arrival environment that could easily be avoided if ALL the STARs that enter or fall below CLASS B would have associated mandatory speeds and or verbiage telling crews specifically which waypoints are below CLASS B if flown as a 'Descent Via' arrival. This is not an KOAK only problem; I have also seen it flying into KSJC; KBFI; KSNA; KONT; KDFW and places in the NE USA. I have often been advised by ATC in the NY area that 'You are leaving Class B airspace' which helps with speed planning to some degree; as long as you know if you are completely exiting CLASS B and not just exiting one area to now be below another part of the same CLASS B. Also keep in mind; they only tell you that you are leaving if you were already in it; if you are simply being vectored under it; there is no notification. In short; please update any STAR with speeds that comply with the CLASS B requirements by either having mandatory speeds or a note stating aircraft must fly no faster than Clean Maneuvering Speed at the affected waypoints.

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	1404099
Time
Date	201611
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZOA.ARTCC
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	STAR EMZOH 3
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 1000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

B757 captain lamented the lack of any indication on arrival charts of where an aircraft landing at a secondary airport will pass below or arrive below the class B veil; requiring a 200 knot speed restriction.