oh for the good old days
4 dme from runway is about 1200' (maybe 1264 afe)...and being stable at 1000' afe is about right for most planes
remember the days when you would place your Marker beacon receiver on HIGH sensitivity, and put your gear and flaps down at the first beep...switch it to normal and note your time (in case gs failed)...and that was around 1500-1700 feet afe.
so perhaps 120.4 must come up with something new...slow everyone down farther out and let everyone fly stable instead of trying to cram a few more planes in per hour...the powers that be will have to come up with something other than pushing the tin.
and I know everyone on this forum wants to fly safe and the controllers want it safe too.
add the winter time need for anti ice and all that ...
jon