I'm on the RJ, cant really think why people end up hot and high. I always expect direct SPR on 23. Thing with the rj is it will descend like a brick with the airbrake out, we also have a speed restriction on 250 below 8000 feet, which means at most places we are not going that fast if we get quick approaches, at geneva though i think its easy to forget you will be extablishing at 7000 and a lots going to happen at once.
As for the departures, if the SID says 7000 then 7000 it is, it must be because MSA to the north is 7700 and our climb can be less than sparkling. Dont really understand because everyone turns on the SID before MSA at Gatwick, thats what they are for! Maybe a lot of us RJ blokes are a bit paranoid of terrain after Sion, and Innsbruck!