I am totally amazed that so many of you (pilots) can not manage 160 to 4 under normal circumstances.
It may not be so eco friendly or quiet, but if that is what ATC ask you to do then it is not rocket science to do it.
Do management really give you a hard time if you have to drop the gear a mile early? I don't think so, and if they do just say that you had to in order to comply with ATC speed requirements.
411A, your comments show that you have no understading of the current industry. The skies are WAY too crowded for the prima donna pilot who will "only fly the speed I want to fly" just through sheer obstinance.