Originally Posted by
Mgggpilot
Both you and
Nightstop are right. Depends how far are you from the airport. You can't slow down flaps, gear down 100miles from field even if you are 4,000ft or above higher.
Agreed. In the Caribbean we used to get handed off at FL280....60 miles from the airport, arriving from the NW and landing to the east. Full speed brakes and high speed until several thousand feet (7,000?) on the approach, then slow to configure as necessary. If you acted quickly, and aggressively, you could do it without too much trouble. The meek compounded the problem.