The general consensus is that in 2 years time there will be approx 5 airlines left in europe and i want to make sure i am working for one of those 5.
i am only flying sop's, if it annoys a few cowboys along the way then so be it, the savings are actualy greater than you think because you rarely get CDA's outside of lgw and most of europe cannot cope with the volume of traffic.
i really don't care what happens in the usa, like the previous post said, they have enough troubles of there own to be worrying about ours.
and it ain't always 250, as i said we fly a cost index, look up the effects on aircraft speed if you are unsure.Besides the difference between flying approx 250 and flying 300 on most descent approaches into destination, probably saves minutes! whats the hurry?