Originally Posted by
Meikleour
Airports like LHR and LGW routinely use airspeeds commanded by ATC to achieve their spacing so, to gayly use GSmini in those situations of high winds would interfere with that spacing. Why not just revert to GSmini managed speed once #1 to land?
In my relatively limited experience, LHR seems to routinely give landing clearance at very low altitude (200-300ft). Not the ideal time for a big airspeed change.