Rananim
Might be SOP,but its poor airmanship.
Agree with that... and here lies probably one of the problems at Ez, way too regulated, well let's call it too SOPed. Don't use your head girls & boys, just follow the SOPs.
The upside: apparent safety, management protection as regards to the law
The downside: pilots use part of their concentration on keepin'within SOPs instead of using their heads, specially in situations...
On the other hand, again in eZ, speeds and configs on the approach are recommendations only. The stabilized 1000/500 criterias are the ones that are mandatory. Finally the game for us is to reach these as quickly and elegantly as possible.
CamelhAir
the S in ATS, it stands of Service
Fully supportive
Frankly I think the big ATC/PILOTS war has already started. ATC would at best like to remote control us (look for instance at the American terrorist take-over control project), on our side we could do without them using TCAS/free flight concepts.
In conclusion:
I'm paid to follow SOPs and as long as deemed safe will abide to them
live 2 fly 2 live