Seriously, though... when operating London-Edinburgh a few years back, we would often get turned 20 degrees off track to accommodate a BA 757 shuttle (we were in a 146). The shuttle wasn't going that much quicker than we were, and always wanted to be positioned for a 14 mile final, from which point it would slow down to 140 kts (visual or not) and take an eternity to get to the runway.
Remoak old son........you and I both KNOW...Nigel needs 14 miles to eat his cheese board
For my money the worst thing ATC ever does is to keeeeeeep you high, and then expect a highspeed high energy descent, with no track miles to slow down (in a T/Prop no problems but in a jet its a FCUKEN nightmare) then try to vector you onto the ILS at 9 miles while you doin 240 knots with every drag creating device hung out...including the cabin crew
