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Old 26th Dec 2012, 22:08
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ATC instructs "turn right heading 270 expedite descent to FL80 for traffic." Heading is selected and 8000 dialed into the MCP.
Not being a 747 pilot, it sounds to me like you didn't expedite descent. Besides, you're now off the STAR so the constraints no longer apply.
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