THE GREASER OR SHOULD I SAY AP!!!
As a mate of yours, come down and you do it.
I think the point I was trying to make has been completely lost. Why tell the pilot to do 160 til 4 in the first place! It's not a question of being able to do it or not - that's a piece of piss especially in a 757! It is the increase in workload given to the pilot by asking him to maintain that 160kts with + and - wshr in turbulence that makes the speedtape etc nearly impossible to read.
If anything, with a good headwind and low GS, you can delay slowing down in order to be fully configed for 1000' if not 500'.When you have been there you will understand!
Is it true that ATC's get bonuses dependant upon how many aircraft take off and land within a certain time period? just a rumour I heard!