Originally Posted by
Chesty Morgan
No. You do not need to descend at 500fpm. You can descend at 50fpm if you're that worried about flying level.
In LHR they send you a letter if you fly a level segment before you intercept the glide. (Don’t ask me how I know ��) You may use a ROD down to 300 fpm to avoid this. Less than 300 fpm is considered level flight.
To the OP:
If you are cleared an altitude and also cleared approach, you should descend towards this altitude, not level off.
A level off at any other altitude may cause issues when you fly into airports with parallel approaches and two aircraft vectored for approach to different runways.
Follow the instructions from ATC. Easy!