Hi Juan,
Regarding EZY standard speeds, these are our guidelines:
-250 kts 10,000' at 30NM
-220 kts 6000' at 20 NM
-180kts 3000' at 10 NM
Of course they are not set in concrete and we do our best to comply and use common sense. But those 'gates', as we call them, all aim to get us to be stable at 1000'. That means landing configuration, on the glide, no more than 10kts above target speed.
With that in mind, you can probably see why we would not want to be at 250 kts at 14 NM and 4000'. I know the above gates and being stable at 1000' is all fairly conservative, but it has brought down the number of unstable approaches at EZY as close to zero as you can reasonably expect.
The biggest problem is still the combination of language and 'creative' ATC. It's very uncomfortable for us to try and second guess what you are doing by looking at the TCAS symbols. Also, I don't think 'creative' is a great idea at a major airport, unless we really are the only one on approach. Vectors to the FAF, using standard speeds, is simply safer. Of course sometimes we all have to use our brains and cope with different situations. But AIMING to be standard most of the time is a better plan.
Thanks for sharing your views!
P