Like it or not, we are not here to only serve the pilot customers, we have to serve the airlines who buy the fuel that goes on their planes as well, and they are the ones with the say so, not us or the pilots, cos they are the ones who ultimately pay our wages.
TrialTrail, that concept is not being questioned but how much will it cost the airlines when their planes go round the hold because they slowed down at TOD and missed a 'delay free approach'? or how much will it cost the airline whose aircraft has to orbit because of missed Standing Agreement levels? or miss their EAT because traffic cannot be presented well due to bunching.
Wha's the point of getting the most efficient cost index in descent only to lose 3 or 4 places in the landing sequence.