Originally Posted by maui
Spitoon.
Do you mean "no less important than any other instruction?"
Thanks maui - re-reading it, I think it would be better to have said that speed control instruction are no more and no less important than any others.
On a more general point, I am surprised by the number of pilots that wanmt standard speeds to be made the rule - this would be inefficient when it is not necessary for traffic reasons. Having said that, if crews want to fly at specific 'standard' speeds when there are no ATC speed restrictions, then they can.....and I always thought they did!
Lastly, one thing that does not seem to have come up is that some SLPs are there for reasons other than sequencing or other traffic management purposes. Rather, the speed restrictions are there to assure containment within airspace or separation from other procedures.