PLEASE MR ATC, tell me why you can't make it 160 to 6 dme?
More than happy to but can I refer you to Maui's earlier comment?
The bottom line is that ATC's alternative is to increase spacing and decrease the number of slots availables. How is that going to affect your company's bottom line and ultimately your job (and mine).
I'm more than happy for every aircraft to fly with speed at pilot's discretion but I will have to double my spacing. How would that affect your home base and your airline?
Bomarc, the problem we have is that we're basing our spacing on pilots maintaining 160 to 4 (because that's what they read back!) Someone slows early and it's us that's suspended.