When can I slow down ?
I'd be grateful to our ATC friends for an answer to the following....
Recently, into a major international airport, I was given 250 kts as a speed on a long base leg (say 20-25 nm). It was quiet and nothing else was said, so in the absence of further speed instructions, what would you expect from me, speed wise, for the rest of the approach.
The reason I ask is that I find that into many airports a speed of, say, 210 kts is given on base and then nothing else is said - quite often the freq is extremely busy and it is not a good time to ask "what speed would you like".
Thanks in advance.