I don't dirty up any sooner than normal - standard Airbus stuff.
Config 1 on intercept heading, 2 1/2 dot low on glide, gear at 2000', 3 & full in sequence.
Most 4 mile points are at 1200agl, so if you hit managed speed at about 4.3, the speed doesn't drop until 4 miles but is stable again before 1000'agl which is our OFDM alert height in IMC, 500 agl stable call in VMC.
Then through groundspeed mini, a bit of turbulence, some fat passengers so VAPP is close to VLS and the whole day suddemly gets interesting !
I think things like this should be decided only after consultation with the airspace users, the trainers within those organisations who can say that for aeroplane 'X', the comfortable, repeatable speed with a low houred crew is 'Y'. Then NATS or ICAO or whoever take the information and come up with a standard which we can all achieve time after time.
Don't forget, if you say to an ATC guy, we can consistently do 180 to 4, then after a while, they will adapt their sequences and fit more aeroplanes in. If the concensus is that 180 to 10, 150 to 4 is more achievable then we all win.
Kind of CRM on a global scale
