Pointer,
Can't comment on how an individual does things meaningfully, and at the possibility of being
Politically Incorrect, there is often no logic to a ladies mind (only kidding girls, honest
!!). Actually for what it's worth I've worked with some very, very slick lady controllers as well as some real old women (who were actually men !!).
A few things I would do if I had to increase the separation between you and the guy ahead. Firstly check the speed differential and whether it can be reasonably increased. If not, then considering the airspace constraints, give you a delaying vector of probably 45o right or left for a couple of minutes before putting you back on track.
But unfortunately not actually being there, it's difficult to say exactly what the plan and factors might have been in this case. I can however say that the instructions would definitely not just be for practice or spite in that airspace. There's usually very little time to think about clever things like that round about LOGAN.
3D or even 4D profiles are certainly being worked on, with the possible advent of Mode S and it's downlinked airborne parameters plus datalink capabilities. More than a couple of years though till anything like that comes along.
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[This message has been edited by PPRuNe Radar (edited 17 August 1999).]