160 till 4 is very conservative anyway.Live with 180 till 4
Pal, this is getting tedious.
This fella's SOP says he should be in landing config and speed by 1000ft. That leaves you just one mile to get from intermediate config, gear up 160Kts to 125ish Kts all configured at 1000ft, 3 miles.
How is that conservative? On this side of the pond 180 to 4 is regarded as downright cowboy in this field of aviation, and would make even the mandatory 500ft fully cofigured gate nigh-on impossible.
Just what do you think you are achieving (apart from an almost total loss of options) by screaming around like that on late finals. It might save you 3 or 4 seconds over a sensibly measured approach, and blatantly busts your Company SOPs. Impressive!
This, or something like it, cost this poor bugger his job.
Can you argue the Conservatism of that?