10,000' in 3 minutes = 3,333'/m. Fairly comfortable really.
A heavy A/C that has to descent through rough air and therefore slow down as well wouldn't do the maneuver fairly comfy.
At this point the high yield customer sitting a couple of rows behind me has the priority over the frenchmen.
By the way, when flying through France I often play pig headed.
What you give is what you get they say....