Gentlemen,
All good stuff. I am certainly not one to get too wrapped around the axle with fully stablilized @1000' in visual conditions. Many SOP's are good guidelines but safe operations do not always mean strict adhearence to SOP's.( we have some pretty antiquated sop'; for another thread)
Depending on weight and wind I generally need to start to slow to Vapp at 4mi. to be stabilized by 500' ( my personel min )
Maybe someday we can get better cooperation between FIR's I have done trans cons where I am given a specific mach over Arizona for sequencing into New York airspace. The EU is also getting on board with a centralized control center. Maybe in ten or twenty years we can do the same; sorry could not help the sarcasm.
Clear communication is the key, I have recommended to my company that we change many of the similiar flt numbers...ie. Jazeera 426, 486, Air Arabia 426 and Thai 456 all coming in at the same busy time in the evening. ( fell on deaf ears )
Keep up the good work