Originally Posted by Nev
F100 is 2 minutes in front of us on feeder time, but blocking our descent clearance. We can't do anything as any change in speed will mess our feeder time. So we are left high and dry waiting for the F100 to start descending and accelerate away.
It appears that the F100 flies slow in the cruise but then accelerates the descent to meet their time.
OK, fair enough. I have had the same with QF 737s. Dunno why they can't cruise at somewhere near their descent speed. Perhaps they're using RTA...
You could just demand a descent from ATC. That'll scare the f@kkers.
Originally Posted by Scat
I would err towards being early rather than late because it was easy for the bird to lose more time if asked but very difficult to make up any time.
