Hook
No aggro - really, just keeping each other on our toes
Oakape
Glad to see we're getting back to understanding each other's view of the same problem, which, I think, is the point.
The quip regarding Emirates, while flippant, had a point. We see a lot of different companies in here, from all over the world. The only one that I can think of that regularly forces us to change the sequence/ delay others through v. slow rates of descent is emirates. Same goes for not flying the instructed speeds (if you CAN'T fly them, let us know, we can then vector accordingly and it is much less of a problem).
While I acknowledge that Emirates have many more movements than anyone else, it does seem bizarre that they are the only (to the best of my knowledge) airline to "challenge" us in this way.