well...I tried to refrain from replying to this post, but after a few glasses of water, having spent eight hours struggling to retain some form of order within our skies,I would like to offer the following remarks...
Speed control is published..don't shoot yourself in the foot by asking if there is any. The correct call is "request high speed below 10,000ft" then we KNOW you're a professional like the rest of us.
We get exceptionally high RT loading here so, if your given instructions just do it and keep the RT to a minimum (LISTEN to what is going on!)
-not so long ago a highly respected far east airline used to perpetually ask for a straight in approach when they were told they were 5 or 6 in the sequence for the opposite runway...is that intelligent or what???-
Tropical Storm....Lagos?...you must be pulling my chain...good luck squire!!!!
Late Landing....you can say what you like now unless you're planning on coming back!!
My water bottle is empty and I'm off to bed 'cos I've got to do it all AGAIN tomorrow...