I can't see why everyone is getting so stressed about this.
As I read it, FlyByWit was requested by ATC to do something in order to help them out. He made the decision that their request would not adversly affect his flight, so he complied with it. He didn't have a problem with it at the time, he doesn't have a problem with it now, and no one is accusing anyone of ordering anyone else around.
But FlyByWit's curiousity has caused him to wonder what the purpose of the request was. And, apart from a few tongue-in-cheek replies, this bickering is preventing him from getting any answers
FFF
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