Maybe the airlines should give ATCO's a fuel bonus because there are a lot of savings to be made in the terminal area (especially with the design of STARs and SIDs).
You have hit the nail on the head GB, what is the point of a STAR which ends with radar vectors? You could have 10 miles, or 110 miles to run, how can you plan an effective descent when you dont find out your actual track miles to run until inside 50 miles?
"But as you know the speed was very high, maybe the captain wanted to save fuel," he said.
WTF?????
What kind of safety culture does this impress upon the crew?? "Get the job done quickly and we will line your pockets"
Surely saving fuel would equate to longer sector times, not shorter....
